Word: informativeness
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...Charles Joseph Margiotti were above reproach, that the Inquirer had maliciously defamed him. When it came to charging the jury last week, Judge William S. McLean Jr. announced, among other things, that the Inquirer's article was privileged-i. e., the paper was entitled under Pennsylvania law to inform the public in full about Mr. Margiotti's activities as lawyer and Attorney General, so long as the information was true, unless the jury believed that the publication was maliciously made. After more than 28 hours, the jury acquitted the Inquirer of criminal libel...
Replied the British Foreign Office last week to Ambassador Dino Grandi: "Mr. Eden has the honor to inform His Excellency that . . . His Majesty's Government . . . do not feel that any useful purpose would be served by prolonging the correspondence on the subject...
...dismissal of Major General Hagood for criticizing the New Deal is just one more example of the methods employed by the Administration to prevent the public from hearing authoritative criticism. Any person who has access to the truth and tries to inform the people or the Congress of the United States about it is quickly removed from the scene by Roosevelt, or the men who do his strong-arm work for him. No doubt if Major General Hagood continues to criticize the Administration, his reputation will be vilified, just as have the reputations of all those who have opposed...
...technicalities. Hanfy is a professional publicity man and he can recognize a form letter when he sees one. He can distinguish between what is President Conant's personal signature and what is not. And he surely knows that if President Conant wanted to change his attitude, he would not inform Hanfy merely by a letter asking for a gift. But the real point is that even if Hanfy did not realize the letter was a mistake, he was asked for one thing and he offered another. There is certainly material difference between support of the Tercentenary Fund and the prize...
Thence, goodby to the little bird beside me; and I backstage to see Mr. Hampden, who, having a massage did ask me wait. So, I to talking to a pretty one and did comment on her performance but was sore at my heart when she did inform me she was not "in the performance." Whereupon we both did laugh...