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Weaver's big act for the year was the TV "spectacular," the costly, splashy televised conglomerations of high-priced talent. On these shows NBC has staked prestige and resources in the hope of changing the nation's viewing habits. The NBC spectacular that flashed on screens for 90...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Tall Gambler | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

A girl in a tan coat pointed out that unemployment is relatively low. "Whadya mean?" boomed the reply. "Why in advertising alone, you got thousands--millions o' guys doing nothin'--why that's the most useless job there is. And all these salesmen tramping the same street, selling the same...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: "It Don't Take an Einstein" | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

Snead expects a new crop of golfers will force him off the tournament courses before long. "Just gimme four more years," he says, "at $100,000 a year, and Snead will have made it." But before he turns in his clubs, Snead still has one deep desire: to win his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Come On, Little Ball! | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

The Hope of Walt Whitman. The idea of chronicling Sadakichi's wayward life and times began as a club gag. But Fowler took it seriously, and raked together the few known facts about this eccentric's eccentric. When he was not with his mock-worshipful pals, Sadakichi lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Eccentric's Eccentric | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

Collectors' Note: Okeh has reissued some famous oldtimers: I'm Confessin' (Louis Armstrong); Willow Weep for Me (Cab Galloway); Wiggle Woogie (Count Basic); Gimme a Pigfoot (Bessie Smith).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

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