Word: plug
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...politicians and journalists (including TIME writers) still went on his show to plug their candidacies and books because Imus knew how to sell. "If Don Imus likes a book," says Katie Wainwright, executive director of publicity at publisher Hyperion, "not only does he have the author on, he will talk about it before, during and after, often for weeks afterwards." The price: implicitly telling America that the mostly white male Beltway elite is cool with looking the other way at racism. They compartmentalized the lengthy interviews he did with them from the "bad" parts of the show, though the boundary...
...good pitch.”Kidder also drove in runs in the first and seventh inning. Her single in the first scored senior shortstop Lauren Brown, while her bases-loaded walk in the final frame brought in sophomore Bailey Vertovez.“She was a real spark plug for us,” Allard said of Kidder.On the mound, Madick pitched the first of two complete games for Crimson pitchers on the day. She struck out six and allowed just four hits in the seven innings. “Both our pitchers had great game plans and showed great...
...Nevada Democrats took the first step when they backed out of a contract with Fox News. Fox was planning on televising a Democratic Primary debate in Nevada. But after Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes implied that Barack Obama was a terrorist, the Democrats decided to pull the plug. (Of course, these types of remarks are hardly unexpected from Roger Ailes—he was the Chief Media Strategist for President George H.W. Bush when he founded Fox News...
Harvard’s outstanding regular season ended when Princeton pulled the plug on its championship plans, sweeping the first two games of the Ivy League Championship Series last May at O’Donnell Field. Just like that, Vance’s stolen time had run out, and the time came to face the looming shoulder surgery. While his teammates were playing in the nation’s top summer leagues, Vance was at home in California, recovering from the operation and working at Staples—“the worst job ever,” he jokes...
...cross hairs is Sampson's former boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. On Tuesday, Bush said Gonzales "has got work to do up there," pacifying lawmakers, and though some read that as a possible prelude to Gonzales' forced resignation, most Administration watchers doubt the President would ever pull the plug himself on a Texas loyalist such as the Attorney General, who has been with Bush for years...