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Quiz Shows: ". . . Hastily establish the ignorance of the contestant and give her a refrigerator, an airplane, or $20,000 to get away from the microphone."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Foal the Drab | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

Quiz programs will be outlawed if a prize is awarded to any person "whose selection is dependent in any manner upon lot or chance," and if, as a condition of winning, the contestant 1) must furnish "any money or thing of value," or have in his possession a sponsor'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Goodbye, Easy Money | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

A contestant may spend $10 on his own campaign, whether it be for goldfish or manifestos, but he may not receive financial support from any person or any group.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Rules On Elections Are Now Law | 4/27/1948 | See Source »

Dartmouth's traditionally weak graplers followed the pattern of their predecessors, winning but one bout, drawing two, and dropping three by falls. Brown did considerably better and but for a default in the 121-pound class, where the Bruin contestant failed to make weight, might have shaded the Varsity.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Swimmers Douse Columbia, 62-13; Wrestlers Throw Dartmouth, 25-7; Brown, 19-15 | 2/24/1948 | See Source »

Beaut. In Goulburn, New South Wales, Contestant Frederick Newling outglamored eleven girls, managed to reach the finals of a "lovely legs" contest.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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