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Word: downing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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"We have responsibility for what is on the air," said CBS's Dr. Stanton. "May I interrupt here, Frank?" said Bob Kintner. "At NBC we accept responsibility for what is on the air, too." Not to be outdone, FTC Chairman Earl Kintner (no kin to NBC's Bob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Climbing the Pedestal | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Opening the season against Wake Forest, Lucas shook off his first-half jitters ("Man, I was scared") to sink 16 points, monopolize the backboards with 28 rebounds. Final score: Ohio State 77, Wake Forest 69. Still, the team and Lucas looked so rocky that Coach Taylor could not sleep the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Luke | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

The one man in Columbus who took Lucas' spectacular first week in stride was Lucas himself, who is attending Ohio State on an academic scholarship with no extras thrown in for athletics. "First come my studies," he says, "and then basketball." Lucas maintains an A-minus average (botany, American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Luke | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

McDonald later proposed that the President's board of inquiry, which was set up under the Taft-Hartley Act, recommend the terms of a settlement; he promised to settle "within the framework of the board's recommendations." The President turned down the suggestion in favor of another try...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: These Mulish Men | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Another warning came from Professor W. W. Rostow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies, who advocated "sharply increased public expenditures" for both defense and foreign aid. Russia's superior growth rate and her power-bent use of it, Rostow said, threaten the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIAN v. U.S. GROWTH: The Latest International Numbers Game | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

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