Word: regular
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WALTER GRAEBNER London Sir: Ho-hum. Still another derogatory reference to Oshkosh. No, we do not have "the electric excitement of New York," but we do have schools in full operation, firemen and policemen doing their duties, plus regular garbage collection. Interested New Yorkers may contact our Chamber of Commerce...
...cent interview with the shadowy Alfred Winslow Jones, father of Wall Street's current investment sensation, the hedge fund (whose profit-at-high-risk philosophy aims at taking advantage of both upward and downward swings of the market). Touches of humorous erudition are sprinkled throughout. A regular monthly column, for example, is called "Haruspex," for the Roman soothsay ers who divined the future by poking through the entrails of sacrificial animals...
...criticize a player in front of teammates or to make a scene on the sidelines, Allen can be tough when he wants to. He slapped a $500 fine on one Ram player who showed up five minutes late for practice; any player who exceeds his prescribed weight at the regular Thursday weigh-in is automatically fined $100 per pound...
...seven-furlong $57,000 Vosburgh Handicap, the highest weight ever as signed by the track's handicapper in a regular stakes race. All the other horses carried 12 to 34 Ibs. less, but the Doc still turned the race into a scene from National Velvet. He broke swiftly out of the starting gate under Jockey Braulio Baeza, opened up a three-length lead in the stretch, then turned it on and charged home a full six lengths ahead of the place horse, Kissin' George...
...Pitches. The new tough sell has little problem finding air time. The Federal Communications Commission requires TV stations to carry free public-service spots in accordance with "the needs of the community." In compliance with the FCC "fairness doctrine," broadcasters run a one-minute antismoking commercial for every three regular cigarette ads. While there have been some complaints that the stations bury the public-service pitches in off-hour, low-audience periods, it is generally true that the more sophisticated and zingier ads get the best slots...