Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After Kozlov put in a plug for peaceful coexistence and confirmed that U-2 Pilot Francis Powers would be given a public trial, the three strolled to the drawing room to listen to a visiting celebrity, Pianist Van Cliburn. As Cliburn launched into Liszt's Twelfth Rhapsody, Mikoyan put a fatherly hand on the shoulder of U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson's daughter Sherry. When Cliburn swung into some lively Russian songs, Mikoyan joined in the chorus...
Teleprayer. Full of subdued color, Dimbleby had a kindly plug or two for Queen Elizabeth's coachman, Joseph Cooze. He described the mounted Sovereign's Escort as "this lovely, twinkling jingle of breastplates," and back at Buckingham Palace, when a telescopic longshot followed the royal family as they left the balcony and got a candid peek at the Queen Mother mimicking a part of the ceremony, Dimbleby was propriety itself: "I think we ought not to stand and watch the royal family inside their own house any more...
...tobacco manufacturers to join him in the American Tobacco Co., which became known as "the Tobacco Trust." "I don't intend to be swallowed by Duke," said Reynolds. "If he does, he'll have a bellyache the rest of his life." But Duke did swallow Reynolds by undercutting its plug prices?and Duke soon had his bellyache...
...Midwestern cities about seven months ago, is spreading across the country with the enthusiastic backing of the recordmakers. Amy Records came out with a single a month ago. Columbia followed a fortnight later with The Madison Time, hired two teen-age demonstration teams, sent them out on tour to plug the new dance. Jocks who play the records on the air find themselves deluged with teenage mail. As far west as San Francisco, reported KEWB Program Director Bill Enis last week, the Madison is "picking up like gangbusters...
...Dressen, a nonstop talker and one of baseball's finest tacticians, to shake new life into aging but still skilled veterans. Fatal flaw of the Braves last year was the hole at second base. This spring Red Schoendienst, 37, back from a bout with TB, is trying to plug the hole. ¶ The well-balanced Pittsburgh Pirates depend in the end on Pitcher Bob Friend, who had a miserable season last year (8-19). This spring, with Friend apparently back on the track, the Pirates ripped off ten straight victories...