Word: may
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...supplement his regular income of $1,200 a week he had served as a "consultant" for "the major record companies." During his last hours on WNEW, Freed danced dolefully with two teen-aged girls at once, accepted a subpoena to face the New York County grand jury, declared: Payola "may stink, but it's here and I didn't start it." Once, he recalled nostalgically, "a man said to me, 'If somebody sent you a Cadillac, would you send it back?' I said, 'It depends on the color...
...Houston, 21, Ohio State; 6 ft. 2 in., 216 lbs. Major: education and physical education. Excerpts from pro scouting reports: "Can make it with the pros as offensive or defensive end. Pound for pound, he may be the finest college football player in the country today...
Tackle: Lou Cordileone, 22, Clemson; 6 ft., 245 lbs. Major: education. "May fill out more, and has the speed of a back. Looks like a pro defensive tackle...
Guard: Mike McGee, 21, Duke; 6 ft. 1 in., 220 lbs. Major: education. "Can outrun any back on the team, and could make All-America at fullback or halfback. May be the best lineman in the South. Might make a linebacker...
...fattest issue in the history of the publication (Economist staffers steadfastly decline to call it a magazine, always refer to it as "the paper"). The newsstand sales put U.S. circulation up to 7,500 and total circulation to 60,500, both Economist records. But however encouraging such figures may be to Economist editors, they fully realize that what matters most about the Economist is not how many readers it has, but who its readers are. And the sort of people who read the Economist have made it one of the world's most influential publications...