Word: journals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...kids of America, the most familiar face in public life is the craggy jaw of Dick Tracy, identified by 97% of the moppets who were interviewed by the Ladies' Home Journal. Bing Crosby was spotted by 95%, while 93% recognized Harry Truman...
...York Sun Columnist George E. Sokolsky cited bludgeon-wielding Hearst Columnist Westbrook Pegler as "one Of the most competent reporters in American journalism." Hearst's New York Journal-American ran a half-page promotion ad to be sure that no reader missed the compliment...
Most frequent reason for drinking is "sociability" (38%), reported three Rutgers University sociologists in the current Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. Women, the researchers found, are much more likely than men to drink merely to be sociable. Pointing out that science does not yet know how to tell the difference between a potential alcoholic and a drinker who can take it or let it alone, the Rutgers sociologists offer a tip to hosts: never insist on anyone's taking a drink; serve soft drinks along with the hard...
...Draw and defend yourself!" Before he could, Casey shot him. In the confusion that followed, someone stuffed a dirty sponge into King's wound and it became infected. Casey was hanged by the vigilantes-and posthumously cleared by a court. Too late to help him, the Sacramento State Journal righted the miscarriage of justice, just for the record. It reported: JAMES CASEY INNOCENT OF MURDER. DEATH OF JAMES KING CAUSED BY DOCTORS...
Actually, say Dr. Allan and co-worker Dr. Manuel Kaufman in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, benign nervousness is a lot more common than the nasty, malignant (psychoneurotic) kind. One way to tell the difference: the patient with the benign kind is pleased if he is told there's nothing wrong with him physically; the true neurotic is apt to be disappointed...