Word: network
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reputed favoritism to N (for Nancy) BC. So, coming out of the Capitol luncheon on the day of his inauguration, Lyndon drew a bead on ole Dan Rather and said, "Hello, Dan." Millions saw and heard him do it on the owned and affiliated stations of the CBS Television Network...
NAFBRAT dismisses both The Addams Family and The Munsters not for their ghoulishness but for "suggestive humor and double-meaning dialogue." Peyton Place, says NAFBRAT, is "an obvious exploitation of the sordid and tasteless elements of the Grace Metalious novel, a monument to the network's search for ratings, regardless of the social impact of unrelieved sex and sin." Wagon Train is knocked for its "extremes in sadism and brutality," and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea because it "stirs up political hatred...
...million steady fans who watch Napoleon Solo on NBC. For he is The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the most popular new hero on the television scene, and he whirls across the world as a special agent for an organization that quells the forces of evil. U.N.C.L.E. stands for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, and it is actually a private FBI. Its producers, in fact, refer to Solo's boss as "J. Edgar Hoover...
Plodding and patient, Bliss instituted interminable polls and surveys, built a network of grass-roots organizations, set up a harddriving, get-out-the-vote machine. A bare two years later, the Republicans were so strong again that they recaptured control of both houses of the legislature and every state office except the governorship. Ever since, despite a couple of setbacks, Bliss's Ohio G.O.P. has been one of the most dependable state organizations in the country...
What do a global telephone network and a second-place U.S. auto-rental company have in common? Whatever it is, International Telephone & Telegraph Co. and Avis Rent a Car obviously felt that it was something worth cultivating. Last week, in one of the year's more unusual mergers, the two decided to become one. Avis, which had revenues in the last fiscal year of $44 million, agreed to sell itself to giant I.T. &T. (1963 sales: $1.4 billion) for $40 million worth of I.T. & T. stock...