Word: patly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cover story on Ed Sullivan and the frenetic television industry would make a book too. It was gathered by a dozen reporters and researchers-all of whom were so busy that some interviews were literally conducted on the run. Best break came when NBC's hyperbolic President Pat Weaver invited Correspondent Don Connery to ride home with him to Sands Point, L.I. On the way, Weaver's rented Cadillac blew a tire; in trying to change it, the chauffeur broke his jack. Weaver telephoned for another rented Cadillac, which took them to Sands Point, where Weaver, talking volubly...
...citizen of New York State, I know who I'd be for." Harriman beamed. Asked if he would say the same thing about Illinois, Stevenson's state, Truman smiled, replied: "There are three or four good men in the state of Illinois." Then, having dealt Harriman a pat on the back and Stevenson something sharper, Harry Truman left Albany. Ave Harriman, who had publicly pledged his support to Stevenson last summer, turned the knife: in a TV interview at week's end, while disclaiming any intent to run himself, he said that he felt no obligation...
...Avenue, CBS President Frank Stanton (Ph.D. in Psychology, Ohio State '35) cries: "Not even the sky is the limit. The potentials of television are as big as the potentials of American society-and I do not feel like setting a limit on that." In Rockefeller Center, NBC President Pat Weaver (Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth '30) grows ever more expansive: "Television is as big as all outdoors. The whole country can visit the Vatican and La Scala at once. Our horizons are boundless...
...each night viewers must make the decision whether to watch Robert Montgomery Presents, or Studio One, I Love Lucy or Medic, Disneyland or Arthur Godfrey, George Gobel or Gunsmoke. Shrewd Pat Weaver made these decisions even more difficult by spotting his 90-minute Spectaculars in places calculated to do the most audience harm to rival CBS. This year, NBC is back with 47 more Spectaculars, and CBS is replying in kind. Some TV families, rent with quarrels about which show to turn to, have ended in the divorce court...
While the forwards are fairly settled, there is still strong competition for places in the backs. Besides Bryer and Chaisty, the three most likely to play on Saturday are Matt Baig, who saw some action at scrum half last year, South African Pat Latham, the probably fullback, and Englishman Allen Hobson, at center...