Word: mum
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While officials on are keeping mum about the specifics of the new plan, City Treasurer James Maloney said that the agreement will contain "mutual cooperation on areas not previously covered...
Life-insurance salesmen are normally a garrulous lot. But many are keeping mum after publication this month of a Los Angeles Times article chronicling the latest industry boomlet: door-to-door pitchmen have been plying the city's most crime-plagued neighborhoods and brandishing blood-and-guts clippings from the local press in order to sell cheap policies to residents who might be vulnerable to street violence. The insurance typically costs $10 a month for up to $10,000 in death benefits, enough to cover basic funeral services...
Does Walter Cronkite nurse a grudge against his controversial successor, Dan Rather? In the past, the retired CBS anchorman was mostly mum on the subject. Now Cronkite, who has been relegated to an infinitesimal on-air role since he stepped down in 1981, let slip some frank criticism at a Manhattan gathering last week. When asked about his network's coverage of the Persian Gulf crisis, during which Rather landed an exclusive interview with Saddam Hussein, Cronkite acidly observed that Saddam "saved Rather's skin." While conceding that the younger man is a good reporter, Cronkite believes Rather has "blown...
...group legitimately beat Hyatt to the punch. Yet some patent lawyers say Hyatt's new patent appears to apply to all microprocessor chips and the millions of personal computers and other products (from pocket calculators to videocassette recorders) that depend on them. Industry executives by and large are keeping mum, but if Hyatt's patent is broadly interpreted by courts, it could make him super-rich. According to analysts, a standard nonexclusive licensing fee of 3% of the value of computer products sold would translate into a $210 million payment just for last year...
...executives are keeping mum on whether the show will return next fall (a decision will be announced next Monday, when the fall schedule is unveiled). But recent signs are hopeful. Ratings for the past two weeks seem to have stabilized, and the show has settled in the middle of the Nielsen pack. Moreover, the audience includes a high proportion of young, upscale viewers, those most desired by advertisers...