Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Occasionally, A.H.P.'s seize their association with eminent colleagues as a great opportunity to plug the product they help produce. Last year an airline man advertised energetically between classes and passed out complimentary tickets to entice his fellow A.M.P.'s to switch to air travel if they had not already done...
...midst of these problems, President Hall rules wisely and well. His door is always open to troubled students. He seldom loses a chance to plug for academic freedom, reads both a Republican and a Democratic newspaper to get both sides of every question. When a wealthy donor offered Ivy $500,000 with the proviso that it not be used for students of "certain races and creeds" ("After all, one cannot be a traitor to one's class"), Dr. Hall turned her down flat: "Life is like a college, Mrs. Marshall, you don't learn much by attending only...
DeChard is a linebacker. He and Gleason form a good defensive pair, quick to plug holes. Cullity is a fine pass defender. He can run with the ball once he catches it, and has a 30-yard interception return to his credit...
...contributors also appear on the University books. The Elks gave Harvard $250 scholarships; the Massasolt Greyhound Association gave the Department of Legal Medicine $1,000; and donations also came from the Champion Spark Plug Company, Swift and Company, National Biscuit Company, and Gillette Safety Razor Company...
...miss it?" asked Stevens. "The phrase is even in the dictionary and at least 80 songs have been written with that title." The slogan was used on place cards called "Happy-Go-Luckies" in the early 1930s and on a few posters in 1937. But American did not plug it hard, for a reason baffling to non-admen: American simply did not think it was very good. Nevertheless, for years the company has received scores of letters* a month suggesting it. American Tobacco has finally decided to use the "Be Happy-Go Lucky" slogan because it has just the right...