Word: flogging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contends that commercial duties may be negotiable. But tinkering with a formula that brings in some $20 million a year in advertising is hardly likely. It is well remembered that sponsorship fell off significantly during the 14-month hostship of John Chancellor, who hated the assignment and refused to flog. Worst of all, Walters says that if the new host will not do commercials, neither will she. (Walters modestly denies veto power, though she adds: "I have talked some with Dick Wald and Herb Schlosser.") Today's trials are nearly over. Researchers are currently conducting viewer surveys...
Well, for one thing, the Me-Books so far prepared (by writers and artists who have wisely remained anonymous) are unattractive and vapid, a sad blend of box-top realism and the kind of plastic fantasy that Ronald McDonald might use to flog hamburgers. Moreover, unlike the stories that parents make up for their children, weaving in the details of private life, Me-Books are standardized...
Alexander's wide-eyed but not very sensitive view provides a short crarri course on the ways men have discovered to dehumanize themselves. For a start, Maclnnes and young Alexander rub the reader's nose in the flog-grog-and-vomit life of the British seaman...