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This financial debauchery was such fun, he reports, that the patient became proud of it. For proof Siepmann cites last year's president of the NAB, J. Harold Ryan...
...they were indeed approaching what Boss Petrillo considers normalcy. They were not badly worried: the loss will make no financial difference, since all foreign musical programs were carried on a sustaining basis. It would stop only two major shows: Atlantic Spotlight, on NBC, and Transatlantic Call on CBS. When NAB suggested that the order might stop Christmas and Easter broadcasts from the Vatican and Jerusalem, Caesar Petrillo exploded. Said he: "We've never stopped religious programs at any time...
...school and took to the turf. As a fourth-rate jockey in Cuba (he still gallops his nags mornings), he learned what makes a horse tick. Over & above his practical schooling, he developed a strategic sixth sense for razor-sharp hay-burners. His secret lies in knowing when to nab horses that other trainers have brought to peak performance...
...Carlton in centerfield, Barrett and Duzukola advancing a base of course. Then came the first of two wild pitches, but Eckenroth's throw to Wallace was in time to catch Barrett coming home. On the next wild heave, which Wallace threw soon afterwards, they weren't quickly enough to nab Duzukola before he could cross the platter...
Thirty-five miles behind the front lines a phantom U.S. force sprang on the town of Tuguegarao and, captured a major Japanese airfield. Next day another force appeared 50 miles behind this force, at the end of the Jap retreat line, to nab the final escape port of Aparri and its airfield...