Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...every morning and fight the bigger (circ. 2,083,972), richer, lustier New York Daily News, Hearst's New York Mirror (circ. 876,938) loves boys and girls. In what he called a "partial listing," Mirror Publisher Charles B. McCabe took a full-page ad in the rival New York Times last week to reel off some of the activities that engage the Mirror when it is not looking for news: art in the public schools, basketball tournaments, Boy Scout awards, Children's Day, Christmas carol singing, folk-dance festival, golf tournament, handball tournament, high-school concert, horseshoe...
...taken on moderation. Even Host Bourguiba was openly distressed at the FLN's manifesto refusing all negotiations unless France first recognized Algeria's independence. Nor was there any sign that they would call off the savage campaign of terror and murder they have loosed on the rival MNA (a more moderate Algerian nationalist group supported, FLN leaders claim, by the French) in France itself. MNA sympathizers have been gunned down in full daylight on Paris avenues and on Metro platforms. Since the first of the year, 570 Algerians have been murdered in France...
...rival companies talk confidently of the power of the hidden sell. Subliminal Projections for six weeks flashed the words "Eat Popcorn," and "Drink Coca-Cola" on the screen of a New Jersey movie theater during the regular show. Obediently, customers trooped to the lobby, boosted sales of popcorn by 57.7% and Coke by 18.1%. Going from the subliminal to the ridiculous, Experimental Films says that their technique can also "enhance sensory projections and dramatic values" to make TV entertainment seem better than it really...
...common crisis, Hearst's News-Post closed ranks with the rival Sunpapers, recalled that in 1936 the Supreme Court had outlawed a similar law that Huey Long created in Louisiana to curb his opposition. Advertisers and agencies warned that the mayor's proposals would cripple the city's economy, drafted a crash program to carry their case to the people before the D'Alesandro-dominated city council debates the bill this week...
Proportional Representation. In Hialeah, Fla., Mayor Henry Milander indignantly denied rival politicos' claims that he fixes $5,000 worth of traffic tickets a month, said he fixes less than $500 worth a month...