Word: merz
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...never tires of a single pun, that anything they say is sub rosa. (Point: the ceiling is garlanded with roses.) The male members of this exclusive luncheon club are Managing Editor James; Assistant Managing Editor Catledge; Assistant to the Publisher (and son-in-law) Orvil Eugene Dryfoos; Editor Charles Merz, boss of the editorial page; General Adler; Washington Correspondent Krock (when he's in town), and Sunday Editor Lester Markel, 56 (TIME, March 8, 1948), the restless, smart and hard-driving boss of the four excellent Sunday feature sections, which have helped boost the Sunday Times from...
...Other Hand. The Times's specific editorial stand on any question is decided by Sulzberger and Editor Merz. In actual practice, Merz and his eight editorial writers decide what the Times will say. Sulzberger rarely reads the editorials until they are in print, because he and Merz see eye to eye on most things...