Word: jacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Revolution brought on a spate of flags, the best known of which, the Grand Union Flag, was raised above Washington's troops at Cambridge on Jan. 1, 1776. It had 13 red and white stripes and the British Union Jack in its canton. At sea, American Commodore Esek Hopkins flew a jack of 13 stripes and a rattlesnake. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, there was no longer need for a canton symbol of union with Great Britain, and with the congressional resolution of June 14, 1777, stars were substituted for the crosses of St. George...
...circ. 2,870,380), Graham Patterson had an office ideally located to keep an eye on his closest competitor. Right across Philadelphia's downtown Washington Square, he looked into the offices of the Curtis Publishing Co., owner of the Satevepost, Ladies' Home Journal, Holiday, Jack and Jill and the monthly Country Gentleman, second biggest farm magazine in the U.S. (circ. 2,566,314). Publisher Patterson enjoyed the view but not the competition. Last week he found a way to keep one and eliminate the other. In the biggest magazine sale in years, for an estimated $6 million, Farm...
...company is not in serious trouble, but in the first quarter of 1955 its earnings were down to an uncomfortable $385,918 (v. $1,308,735 for the same period last year). By dropping Country Gentleman, Curtis can now concentrate on the Satevepost, Ladies' Home Journal, Holiday, Jack and Jill and the new quarterly it is bringing out this summer, Bride-To-Be. Said Curtis President Robert E. MacNeal last week: "Aside from the fact that Farm Journal made us a very attractive offer, we see definite advantages in concentrating our efforts on the other magazines of the Curtis...
When Marguerite Piazza played the role on TV, he had her poured into a skintight gown with nothing underneath. Then, as Soprano Piazza took a deep breath to reach for a high note, the gown split down the back. At that portentous moment, Tenor Jack Russell, singing with her, grabbed for the back of the dress. He caught it just in time to keep the show from being...
Shower of Stars (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., CBS). A musical revue with Ethel Merman, Betty Grable, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Harry James, Jack Oakie, Tony Martin...