Word: offending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...headline on its story about Cambridge-born King Phumiphon's return to Siam: BOSTON KING IN ODD RITES. With equal zeal, Boston papers reach for any story labeled B.O. MUST (e.g., a story from the business office sent in by an advertiser). But when news breaks that might offend an advertiser, such as a fire or robbery at a department store or a suicide at a leading hotel, either the story is not covered or the location is thoughtfully omitted...
Catholic population, the papers are equally careful not to print any news which might offend the church, even though top Boston newsmen know of no instances where it has tried to exert pressure on the newspapers. Nevertheless, such stories as the debate between Paul Blanshard and Father George H. Dunne at Harvard in February over the political power of the church are virtually ignored (only the Globe printed a story on the debate). Such sacred cows, real or fancied, tend to blunt the nose-for-news of even the best reporters...
...Overriding Need. In this situation, Arthur Vandenberg sat down in his apartment and picked out a letter on his typewriter. The means he chose to make his influence felt were characteristically devised to offend his colleagues as little as possible. His letter made no reference to McCarthy or Acheson. He addressed it to Paul Hoffman; its subject was EGA, but it was obvious that Vandenberg was addressing many others...
...income. The only change he plans for Howdy Doody is an increasing emphasis on plot: "Slapstick alone will not hold kids. You need some sort of a story line. And, within the confines of this show, we can do almost anything." Anything within limits, that is. "We must never offend," says -Smith earnestly. "Whatever we do on Howdy Doody must make us the ideal baby-sitters...
Musically, Young Man will offend jazz purists, however it may send the jukebox set. Most of the trumpet work, dubbed by Harry James while Douglas goes skillfully through the motions, is badly out of character. It has all of James's technical finesse but it is often nearly as commercial as the kind of music that Trumpeter Douglas rails against. Jazz fans will also be surprised to learn that a Greenwich Village jazz haunt's customers all wear impeccable evening dress...