Word: knightly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from the Truman Administration. In Pittsburgh the theme was still security, and in Chicago he gave it a new twist. He charged that a "virtual blueprint for socializing America" had been "found in the files when we came to Washington . . ." That night he huddled with Newspaper Publisher John S. Knight, argued that Knight should throw his Chicago Daily News behind the candidacy of Illinois' Joe Meek. All he got was a maybe, but Knight promised to use his Akron Beacon Journal to support Ohio Senatorial Candidate George Bender...
...before the convention stepped Chicago Daily News Publisher John Knight, who denounced the press in President Juan Peron's Argentina for "kowtowing before the dictator for the dubious privilege of earning a living." One Argentine editor who refused to kowtow could not attend the I.A.P.A. meeting at all; he had to send in his report. David Michel Torino, owner of Argentina's well-named El Intransigente, was not allowed out of the country by Peron's police. Three years ago he was thrown in jail for "disrespect" of the government. Last September, after his release, an I.A.P.A...
...were not so hot, but their mistresses were every bit as toothsome as the ginger fritters. Such a dish was Katherine de Roet, the daughter of an obscure herald. She had scarcely settled down at the court of Edward III when she was nearly raped by a dour Saxon knight. The gay John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, later prominent in Shakespeare ("Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee"), rescued Katherine and saw her safely married to the knight. But soon John, too, was panting after her. Eventually, she presented John with four bouncing bastards, who were...
...JOHN KNIGHT, publisher of four dailies (Chicago Daily News, Akron Beacon-Journal, Detroit Free Press, Miami Herald), in his "Editor's Notebook...
...Broadway fantasy Ondine, Actress Audrey Hepburn, winner of the best-acting "Tony" award for her role, played the part of a water sprite with fatal charms. Actor Mel Ferrer was cast as a mortal knight who could not resist her despite her sting, finally married her and learned that it was quite a way to die. Broadway kept hearing that Ferrer was not afraid of Audrey offstage either, but when Ondine closed this summer, the couple went their separate ways. Audrey headed for the Swiss resort of Bürgenstock to rest. Ferrer wound up on the Mediterranean island...