Word: libels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...picture has three problems: to 1) find somebody to impersonate the entertainer who not only looks like him but can act like him too; 2) inject a little drama into the dull routine of success; 3) follow the facts of the subject's life without bringing on a libel suit...
...sometimes transcends comic writing, and his description of an offshore rescue by the local Coast Guard men during a hurricane is a model of exact reporting. The Bright Sands takes few fictional liberties with its natural setting. Those it takes with its characters keep Taylor well this side of libel, but won't stop the guessing games around Cape Cod stoves during the off season...
...Ashton, professor of economic history at the London School of Economics, has come to this conclusion from reading student examinations. Last week, in an essay called The Treatment of Capitalism by Historians? * Ashton told what some of these ideas are-and roundly denounced them as a tired old libel of the capitalist system...
...beard beneath his lower lip, which he used to tug at for inspiration when cornered. Then he would open his mouth and paralyze the opposition with a quip. When Critic John Ruskin dared criticize Whistler's paintings too harshly, the devilish dandy sued him for libel. Among the evidence presented at the trial was Whistler's Batter sea Bridge (opposite). Looking at it. the judge made the mistake of using sarcasm-Whistler's favorite weapon. The following dialogue took place...
...many books. But a few weeks later, two of the defeated candidates for the bishopric made a strange charge; before the voting, they said, many anonymous letters were circulated which slandered all the other candidates and praised Helander. The two formally brought suit against the Bishop of Strangnas for libel...