Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...allegedly had broken the law by its publication of "secret" details of the strength of the West German army (TIME. Nov. 9). Still scouring Der Spiegel's Hamburg headquarters for evidence were the squads of police that last month had pounced on the staff in a series of midnight raids...
...good show. If so, it is due to television, which has accustomed voters to a panoply of gadgetry, punditry and minute-by-minute scoring to a degree unequaled in the past. Where else can the voter see the uncertain candidate of the early evening, the beamish victor of midnight, the sour loser of the early morning facing the ordeal by camera with his character showing...
...York as early as 7:30 and left it almost unmentioned thereafter, forgetting that at that time it was still only 5:30 Mountain time and many viewers had not even gotten home from work. California viewers, flipping on their sets after dinner around 9 o'clock (midnight in New York), had a hard time finding out who had won in Ohio or Pennsylvania...
...show's new president, who used to be an outstanding contestant himself, cut the running time by starting the jumps higher; opening-night suburbanites could watch U.S. Team Captain William Steinkraus win the nerve-stretching ''Democrat'' Memorial Challenge Trophy* and still catch the midnight train home. Thomas also pepped up the show with a rodeo touch: cowgirls racing quarter horses around a cloverleaf barrel course. Another innovation almost anyone could have anticipated: a class for Shetland ponies. No entry named Macaroni though...
...Netherlands' Queen, Juliana, thoughtfully came into bloom around her bungalow the day she arrived. A teapot was kept under 24-hour surveillance in Indonesia President Sukarno's room, should he want a spot at any time. And to a bungalow sometimes occupied by Eccentric Millionaire Howard Hughes, midnight requests for odd items-once, it was only an upside-down cake-are promptly delivered. The hotel boasts that its kitchen can produce anything upon demand, even supplies a special $1 sirloin-carrot-and-peaburger for dogs. As a result of such tender, loving care, the occupancy rate has stayed...