Word: newsboy
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Examiner agreement preceded the Newspaper Preservation Act - it started in 1965 - and was due to continue until 2005. The Chronicle prints in the morning, while the Examiner remained an afternoon paper. But in this age of continually updated headlines available on your desktop, there's little demand for the newsboy in front of the trolley stop shouting the day's headlines to afternoon commuters, and the 120-year-old Examiner's readership has dwindled to about 100,000 daily. Fang has said that as owner he would break the paper away from the Chronicle and convert it to a competing...
...Murphy scholarship and the Boston Newsboy's Scholarships have met the same fate--interest from these gifts now fills coffers used for general scholar-ships...
...final modern trump card has evolved for development officers seeking to avoid the Newsboy scholarships of their day. Nearly all large gifts to Harvard are now made with the stipulation that Harvard may shift the funds away from the intended use if that purpose becomes outdated...
...politics, for it was the older Powers who helped the still-ailing young candidate for the 10th Congressional seat up creaky stairs in Cambridge and Charlestown tenements to meet voters. Powers was behind the scenes for every campaign thereafter. In turn, Powers credited Kennedy with taking a poor newsboy and bringing him into politics. In the 35 years after the death of his boss and friend, Powers remained unfailingly loyal. He never revealed what indiscretions he might have witnessed or secrets he might have known. For him, the campaign never ended. He introduced himself enthusiastically to every volunteer...
...interests. Today that figure is 80%. For these reasons, and because so many view George Bush and Bill Clinton as "just" politicians, Perot could actually win in November. The anecdotal evidence supports the surveys. People see Perot as a personification of the American Dream (from newsboy to billionaire) and want to believe in him as a political savior. They are eager to perceive him as having the character and temperament to be President. So far, he has performed like the supersalesman he is. The grass-roots, empowering feel of his effort ("If you sign it, he will run") survives...