Word: libeler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four million dollar libel suit against 14 different defendants including $250,000 against Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., '38, professor of History, was filed in Chicago Circuit Court on December 30 by Samuel Insull, Jr., son of the founder of a Midwestern electric power empire...
...libel suit against i.e. The Cambridge Review, field last year by Elio A. Bosco, has been settled out of court...
...with wide-eyed innocence, he eggs her on to gossip haphazardly about Perry Como ("He puts me to sleep"), Princess Grace of Monaco ("Awfully boring. That castle's the gloomiest place in the world−they probably use privies"), and Elsa's recent loss of a libel suit to King Farouk ("I sat six hours on a board. My fanny was absolutely black...
After 24 days of hearing about low jinks in Hollywood, and 14 more days to digest the dirt, the jury in California's Confidential libel conspiracy trial found itself "hopelessly deadlocked," 7-to-5 for conviction. Prosecutor William L. Ritzi promptly announced that he would press for a new trial, and renew attempts to extradite Confidential's Publisher Robert Harrison to California by late November...
...columns each week, Gossipist Miller ticks off more than 300 names of celebrities against a catalogue of follies and foibles that range from adultery to vandalism. Yet Miller has never been horsewhipped or even sued for libel-probably because nobody takes him that seriously. He has no paid professional legmen, but he finds policemen "fantastic sources-after all, they've got eight hours to watch four blocks," and admits that press-agents give.him tips and check items for him on a quid pro quo basis. The quo: "Tickets for a play, or maybe a member of their family needs...