Word: length
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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EXAMINING the status of television in the troubled first weeks of another season, SHOW BUSINESS turns at cover length to the Private Eyes. Two seasons back, the giveaways dominated the air, and last year the major switch was out of the claustrophobic isolation booth into the West's wide-open spaces. This year, while the Westerns still lead the race for ratings and no week passes without at least a couple of "specials," the Private Eye is muscling in as the top gun. As for the cover painting, Artist Boris Chaliapin says the five big Eyes ran gun-first...
...ploy didn't work. Langelle refused to talk about his embassy work. The Russian., threatened him with what the official U.S. note of protest politely called "physical violence," warned him that harm could come to his wife Miriam and their three small children. At length the Russians promised him money if he would spy on U.S. diplomats. After an hour and 45 minutes of this, the Russians gave up, let him loose at the corner where they captured...
...usual there was no room for the coaches to go out in launches. Instead it is the inflexible custom at Henley for each to follow his crew on a bicycle along the Tow Path which parallels the river. Part of this path is paved, but along much of its length grazing cattle preserve its rustic integrity...
...Friday both crews met their Isis counterparts in their toughest races of the Regatta. Racing against the 'fifties, Isis immediately jumped to a half-length lead, but just past the half the Crimson edged ahead, expecting the English crew to fade after its opening sprint. Instead, Isis hung on and only a strong Crimson finish put the 'fifties ahead by a canvas...
...rowing below a thirty-six, Isis kept its lead until after the mile, when the Crimson's weight and power began to tell. But even the final Crimson sprint failed to shake Isis, and the race was not settled until the last strokes when the heavies stretched half a length ahead...