Word: grayness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terrain of Los Angeles Times history (the most interesting parts of the book), Halberstam details how the unscrupulous Harry Chandler in the 1880s hooked and crooked his way to control over subscription lists for L.A.'s three morning dailies. Then, by combining forces with one of them, Gen. Harrison Gray Otis's Times, Chandler forced the Times's main competitor out of business. Later, with the help of a bribed federal reclamation engineer, Chandler stole the water from a distant Southern California valley in order to turn his thousands of desert acres into subdivisions--thus laying the basis...
HALBERSTAM has the makings of a great historical novel here. But after all those years of having his rhetorical flourishes cut by The New York Times's good, gray copy desk, he can't resist opening the floodgates. He writes of Harry Chandler as though he were the archetypical tycoon, when, actually, even more grotesque immorality founded thousands of American fortunes in these same years--Horatio Alger and Benjamin Franklin notwithstanding. Halberstam goes on (and on) to maintain that the Chandlers "in effect invented" Southern California, just like their political hired-gun/reporter Kyle Palmer invented Richard Nixon...
...Roses this weekend. But their act of daring is soon to be outdone by a few intrepid horse owners. They plan to put up entries against Spectacular Bid, one of the most heavily favored colts in the history of the Derby. Many track watchers believe the big gun-metal gray colt will take this year's Triple Crown...
...mulch mixture keeps the seeds moist and warm and also reduces the risk of seed loss in heavy rains, Gray said. He added that the seeds germinate faster in the mulch. The green color is added to help workers distinguish areas already seeded...
...technique is designed to fill bare spots in healthy lawns, Gray said. This process poses no threat to existing grass, he added...