Word: owning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A London auctioneer this week will hawk some love letters written by England's King George IV, most of them quilled to Maria Anne Fitzherbert, a widow six years his senior, who became his morganatic wife. Aside from their slushiness, the romantic epistles are historically interesting in graphically demonstrating...
The Oxford, Miss. Eagle published a public notice in turgid prose. Text: "The posted woods on my property inside the city limits of Oxford contain several tame squirrels. Any hunter who feels himself too lacking in woodcraft and marksmanship to approach a dangerous wild squirrel, might feel safe with these...
Clear Conscience. Even more significantly, CBS moved last week to clip the wings of non-quiz shows. President Frank Stanton announced that he wants CBS to dump all "deceptive" TV practices (including canned applause and canned laughter) unless the audience is informed of them beforehand. Stanton even lashed out at...
More Evidence. While not necessarily endorsing Murrow, many industry veterans wondered whether Stanton's definition of deception was not too broad. Said Writer-Producer Goodman Ace, whose opening Big Party earned Stanton's ire because it falsely purported to be a soiree at the Waldorf: "Does Mr. Stanton...
The fuss was embarrassing to Ontario's Education Minister William Dunlop. His own engineering specifications: about 5 ft. 6 in., more than 210 Ibs. Did he agree that a fat teacher is a bad teacher? With citizens clamoring for an answer, Dunlop took cover in the explanation that obesity...