Word: conventionalized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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New Jersey's No.1 bachelor, Democratic Governor Robert Meyner, 48, long an escort of Margaret Truman Daniel, now an uncommitted favorite-son suitor of the White House, had nonetheless switched to a willowy, blue-eyed Stevenson named Helen, 28, a distant relative of Adlai Stevenson. Though Meyner was mum...
Tying flies for a Colorado fishing expedition, Topeka Oilman Alf M. London, 68, disclosed that he will be "far from the madding crowd" when the Republicans convene late this month. Furthermore, the 1936 G.O.P. standard-bearer will not even follow the convention antics of his fellow Republicans on TV: "It...
¶ Ninety-six cameras will be deployed in Chicago and San Francisco to bring the big show (at a cost of $17 million) to a forecast 120 million people-the biggest mass audience in history (twice the number that saw the 1952 convention, twelve times the 1948 show). ¶ New...
For the first time, the conventions are frankly being tailored to meet the demands of TV. With all the talk of "electronic journalism," the show itself will have more to live up to this year: ¶ To brief the delegates and alternates-the real actors in the convention drama-and...
¶ To minimize dull spots, convention machinery will grind faster. Promised Democratic Chairman Paul Butler: "We are planning a brisk, businesslike affair." ¶ The familiar red-white-blue bunting has been discarded in favor of "simple, dignified, and at the same time, traditional" decor, predominantly TV blue.