Word: publicizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even New York City's Mayor William O'Dwyer got into the ruckus. He belabored the board for ignoring anti-Hovde sentiment in Queens". Later, after public reminders that the appointment was none of his business ("An unseemly bumble," cried the New York Herald Tribune), he backed down. But Hovde withdrew his name from the pot. So, a short time later, rdid another promising candidate, Walter Consuelo Langsam, president of 1,200-student Wagner Memorial Lutheran College on Staten Island. On reflection, he decided to stay where he was. The board, which didn't care much...
...horses that first carried Calumet's devil red and blue to fame & fortune. In the past three years, Calumet's Citation and Coaltown, Fervent and Faultless, Pot o' Luck, Ponder, Bewitch and Wistful have run away from all competition. Other horsemen may not be happy about it, but the public is. Fans know that Calumet is not a betting stable, and that its horses are always sharp when they go to the post for a big race...
...Viscount 700 takes off with little noise. Inside the cabin, it is no noisier than in a passenger automobile. The vibration is so slight that coins can be stood on their edges and pencils on their ends for 20 minutes at a time. Vickers is counting heavily on the public's reaction to the Viscount's peace & quiet. "Once a passenger has had a ride on a turboprop," said a spokesman, "he won't go back to the noise and vibration of piston engines...
Finally the board agreed to let the public look at the result, with two conditions: 1) a patriotic foreword must explain that the movie depicts conditions in the U.S., not Britain; 2) children under 16 must be barred from the audience. (Normally, films classified for adults may be seen by children if accompanied by grown...
Champion. The life & death story of a prizefighting heel who becomes a public hero; brilliantly played by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...