Word: polk
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...Roorback: A defamatory falsehood published for political effect-Webster's. The word comes from a report published in Whig papers on the eve of the 1844 election, attributed to a fictitious Baron Roorback. The report, an unsuccessful attempt to defeat Democratic Candidate (and slaveholder) James K. Polk, charged that a gang of slaves branded with the initials J.K.P. had been seen on their way to Southern markets...
Some dealers, on the other hand, have made hard promotion pay off. By renting color sets at a loss ($1 a day including service) and buying multihued local TV commercials to hymn the "adventure into a rainbow," Chicago's huge Polk Bros, center has sold 1,600 color sets this year -more than any other one-city U.S. retailer. By contrast, another chain has been quietly showing color TV for six months in six Chicago stores, by last week had sold only two sets...
Also in the supplement, the editor, William R. Polk, a member of the University's Middle Eastern Studies Center, discussed economic development of the Middle East...
Because of the poverty of the region and the lack of balanced natural resources, the Arab states must undertake a mammouth program of public works, Polk stressed...
AUTO RACE between Ford and Chevrolet for No. 1 spot is grille-and-grille. For the first six months of 1955, R. L. Polk & Co., the industry statistician, reported: Chevrolet, 756,317; Ford...