Word: informers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hansel & Gretel. Though many weathermen are content to inform a viewer whose wet socks are drying on the radiator that it rained today, a few have won their audiences through ingenuity. In New York City, Tex Antoine, head seer at WABC, puts the "sugar coating on a rather dull subject" by using Uncle Wethbee, a cartoon drawing whose mustache droops or curls according to the climate. "Half the fun," says Antoine, affixing a black eye on Uncle Wethbee, "is explaining the reason why a forecast fails"; the other half is collecting $100,000 a year for not failing too often...
...never closes) to find out what organs the patient specified for donation. The doctor can also get the name of the next of kin-from whom, under most present state laws, permission must still be sought. It will stm be up to both the doctor and Medic Alert to inform transplant surgeons that an organ donor is available...
Furthermore, the SFAC has set down two important ground rules to safeguard the University's reputation. TV stations will be required to make it clear that Harvard does not necessarily endorse the views presented. They will also have to apply for broadcast permission in advance and inform the sponsors of the event...
Cluttered Track. Before Kennedy took the plunge, he sent Brother Teddy, the Senator from Massachusetts, winging out to Wisconsin to inform McCarthy. Teddy reached Green Bay's Northland Hotel shortly after midnight, spent three-quarters of an hour with a drowsy, just-awakened McCarthy. Said the Minnesotan afterward "It was hard ly worth the trip. It was a courtesy on his part and I appreciate the effort, but there was no offer of any concession from...
...addition to returning its original proposal to the Council the Student-Faculty Committee also agreed to try to inform the students of existing possibilities for independent study in the Design School curriculum. As of now only three out of 56 students are in the program...