Word: quinn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Presumably the hiring of experienced, professional newspeople did not include Sally Quinn...
...didn't follow the Sally Quinn case, quite honestly, too closely. I'll tell you something--I don't read all these things. I really don't. I'm bored...
...unlike what happened to Sally Quinn...
Bradlee should know, for nothing perks The Ear more than a chance to mention the O.P. (Other Paper, i.e., the Post), and the Fun Couple (Bradlee and his roommate-reporter, Sally Quinn). Bradlee has said he would fire any Post staffer caught whispering to The Ear ("I'd consider it a conflict of interest"), but O.P. items keep coming. The only success Bradlee has had in plugging The Ear came last winter, when Star Editor James Bellows, who dreamed up the feature and watches over it carefully, wanted to run a column to which the Post had rights. Bradlee...
...strangled fury of his pride, Matt learns a new commandment: "Get power. Without it there can be no decency." There is precious little decency in Matt's struggle for power. He steals a mistress away from the mayor, then grabs for his job. But old Mayor Quinn (Ken Costigan) turns out to be as wily as he is corrupt, and he finally kills Matt's political chances...