Word: publicizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fierce wild buffalo) on foot through the jungle. That took intelligence and guts. Both traits are needed in the fierce jungle of Viet Namese politics, and Bao Dai is displaying both. The Communist radio had predicted that he would be assassinated; the French authorities were so concerned that at public ceremonies they kept the crowds 100 yards from His Majesty and gave him an armored car. But Bao Dai scorned such protection. At Hanoi, which he proclaimed his capital, he walked down a narrow street, right through 50,000 people, any one of whom could have killed him with...
...sharpening of the statute on Desacato, disrespect for established authority. The old law made it illegal to offend the office of President, Vice President or federal justice. The new amendment provides punishments up to three years' imprisonment for offending the personal "dignity or decorum" of a public functionary...
...survival on a romantic cliche: the theater is "the fabulous invalid" that never dies. By this summer the invalid had grown so feeble that a doctor was called in. For diagnosis and prescription, the League of New York Theatres (most of Manhattan's producers and playhouse operators) hired Public Relations Man Edward L. Bernays...
Diagnosis. To get at the theater's internal "maladjustments" and its troubles with the public, Bernays' high-powered firm had done a six-week survey. There were interviews in all branches of the theater; 400 "personal depth" interviews in upper and middle income groups in nine selected cities; 5,000 mailed questionnaires to key individuals in 27 cities...
...behavior for box office personnel, ushers, concessionaires and house managers; a credo pledging the theater to fair dealing, courtesy, comfort, efficient operation-with enforcement of ethical practices by the Better Business Bureau. Bernays would also harness women's clubs, youth groups, universities, cultural leaders, etc. into a vast public relations campaign for the theater...