Word: mikes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...countryman from Waco, Texas-would put all prices on a cost-plus basis, thus guaranteeing industry a profit on every item it makes, no matter how basically unprofitable any item might be. The Poage amendment, besides requiring more accountants than there are in the world (said Price Controller Mike Di Salle), would blow price ceilings into the stratosphere...
Pesky himself took the mike, admitting that the Cadillac had taken some of the nervousness out of his system. He thanked God for everything he has been able to do and everything he is, and asked His help in doing the right thing always, both on the field and off. He thanked Father Dolan, Swede Nelson, the fans, and particularly Dom DiMaggio and his teammates, "the most wonderful guys in the world." The announcer pointed out that America was free to idolize its sports heroes, and implied that this would not be possible everywhere in the world today. "This...
...leaks" calculated to prove that 1) the official is wonderful, 2) his opponents are not to be trusted and 3) all is well in Government. For example, Lieut. Colonel Ted Clifton, special aide to General Omar Bradley, is known as "Bradley's leak," Paul Duncan as Price Boss Mike Di Salle...
...Formula. Like the White House, the State Department has an official "spokesman," Press Chief Mike McDermott, who has been in the department for 31 years. But soon after Dean Acheson became Secretary, State installed a young man known to the staff as "the high-level leak," to give major correspondents as much "background" information as he thought necessary to put over State's point. When State's troubles multiplied, Acheson and his high command took to talking to reporters and selected pundits in relays, have-now staged nearly 1,000 such off-the-record conferences...
Eloquent Answer? But the trailer, however impressive, will be mainly a demonstration of the new technique. Mike Todd will be shooting for more solid entertainment in his second production, plans a $2,000,000 dramatic spectacle with music or a Cineramadaptation of a surefire Broadway musical. Cinerama's projection equipment (estimated cost: $40,000-$70,000) can be installed almost anywhere from Radio City Music Hall to the neighborhood movie houses, as long as the theater is not too narrow. Todd plans to install it first only in a single Manhattan theater, then in one house in each...