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Word: marked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coincidental" reports are gathered, run through I.B.M. machines, beaten into percentages and published every two weeks in "the pocket piece," a small green booklet that is every huckster's Bible. Every network hour is tabulated and every commercially sponsored program is rated by "points." Example: the 31.1 top mark of Bob Hope in the last Hooperating means that 31.1 out of every hundred persons telephoned while the Hope show was going on told the Hooperaters that they were listening to Hope. People who did not answer the phone were counted as not listening to Hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: How Many Listeners? | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

...mark, are Dick West and Toby Fullerton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball | 5/9/1947 | See Source »

...with newly-elected delegates to the AVC National Convention, asserted that the most significant but least spectacular success of the AVC during the first year of its constitutional existence has been its ability to integrate chapters into community life across the nation. Membership passed the 100,000 mark this week, he announced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC Gains in 'Grass Roots,' Bolte Claims | 5/9/1947 | See Source »

...short, manufactures will either have to reduce drastically the price of goods they now make or greatly improve merchandise quality at present price levels. Food and raw material prices need to be eased down, mark-ups on goods reduced, and smaller profits accepted all along the line. Merchandise quality must once mere reflect competition and not indifference. And labor, having gained its wage demands, must rid itself of the 1930's philosophy of stretching out the work. Newburyport has been great fun for the storekeeper, but the real job begins with the producer. If he delays further, a price crash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pre-Fire Sale | 5/9/1947 | See Source »

Fitz, Ben Gulla of Penn, and Ken Knoernschild of Columbia and clipping the mark at an even .400, based on ten or more times at bat. Other Varsity hitters in the charmed .300 circle are Walt Coulson, Jack Caulfield, and Saul Mariaschin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fitz Bats .400 to Tie For Ivy League Lead | 5/8/1947 | See Source »

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