Word: neck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hayato Ikeda, 65, in Tokyo, with aftereffects from the radiation treatment used last November to rid him of the nonmalignant throat tumor that forced him to resign the premiership; Barry Goldwater, 56, in Phoenix, after a four-hour cervical laminectomy to repair an old injury to vertebrae in his neck...
...Leonard Goldenson reported that the company's first-half earnings rose 41% above the same period last year, to a record $7.6 million. From a lagging third place among the three television networks, ABC under Goldenson's gifted goading has risen to a point where it is neck-and-neck with NBC and CBS. Stockholder Simon has reason to appreciate the Goldenson touch, but may well be miffed at his aloofness. Last year Simon tried to get a seat or two on ABC's board, only to be frustrated when Goldenson put through a bylaws change that...
...decent chap who knows he is incapable of murder and irresponsible profiteering. He finds a kindred soul in his father-in-law (Herbert Marshall), a tycoon smitten with aphasia and therefore exempted from many a dull speech. Reels later, the hero's name, his wife's pretty neck, his marriage and the fine china are salvaged. Actors Peppard and Ashley, a romantic duo off screen as well as on, toil in vain to capture the thrill of it all for posterity. What they see in each other will undoubtedly outlast The Third...
...trademark of the television executive is a crick in the neck. It comes from looking back over his shoulder. For TV planners decide what they are going to do next season only by prayerfully studying the ratings of the past season: discovering what they did right but failed to sell, what they did wrong which nevertheless sold well, what rival networks did with success that they could do too. Then they decide to do more of same. A study of the 34 new shows and 58 holdovers scheduled for the new fall season shows that spies...
Last week Lucy was wheeled into an operating room, given an injection of Novocain in the neck, then a second injection to deaden the phrenic nerve. Surgeons watched as the Novocain took effect and Lucy's hiccups suddenly stopped. Reasonably sure that they had found the source of the trouble, they proceeded to the next step: "crushing" the nerve with a clamp. Lucy's hiccuping diaphragm remained at rest...