Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quiz-fix scandals (see SHOW BUSINESS). "I am one of those that never saw [quiz shows] ... If it was done, it's a terrible thing to do to the American public." The President added that while the Executive Department cannot legally take any action ("censorship"), he had asked the Attorney General to look into the scandal...
...Sunset Strip (ABC, 9-10 p.m.). A day at the races gets this kooky crew involved in a fancy fix and a brief fling with attempted murder...
...Explode with Answers." Twenty One's Producer Dan Enright, 42, testified that on many shows the fix "has been in force for many years." Herbert Stempel, the man who was defeated by Van Doren, admitted that he took a dive. And the woman who finally dethroned Van Doren, blonde Lawyer Vivienne Nearing, 32, was shown to have received $10,000 although she won only $5,500 under the rules of the game. Furthermore, Van Doren himself drew a $5,000 advance "for Christmas presents" at a time when he could have lost all his winnings...
...precise detail, Herbert Stempel, a paper genius (IQ: 170) and onetime patient of a psychiatrist, related how Twenty One's Enright had set him up for the fix ("How would you like to win $25,000?"), schooled him on how to perform ("Count off and mumble, suddenly open [your] eyes, give a dazzling smile and explode with the answers"), and ordered him to bow before the engaging erudition of Charlie Van Doren. Stempel walked off with a consoling $49,500 in winnings. But when he quickly blew the money, Stempel became disillusioned, started leaking stories of the fix...
...attempted parody of the CRIMSON last Friday night and to "lend an air of truth to it." The Cornell paper, which was distributed to several Houses before being seized by alert CRIMSON editors, alleged that members of the Harvard football team and four Crimeds were involved in a "fix...