Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...combination had some ambitious ideas, among them a scheme to take over the operation of Portland punch-boards for a profit of at least $100,000 a year. Part of the plan, said Elkins, called for Clyde Crosby, the Teamsters' Oregon representative, to persuade the Portland city council to legalize the possession of punchboards. Also, the Teamsters' label of approval would be placed on all the punchboards owned by an Elkins henchman-and places using other punchboards would be picketed by the Teamsters so as to cut off their "beer and bread" deliveries...
...Bartlesville scheme neatly bypasses FCC because, instead of the public air, it will use coaxial cable strung on telephone poles to link each set with the broadcast. And instead of alienating the local movie exhibitors, it has enlisted them as partners. The idea originated with Philadelphia's Jerrold Electronics Corp., which pioneered in wiring community antenna systems for towns too remote for ordinary TV signals. The company set out to persuade movie exhibitors that it would "give them a chance to get into the home and compete with TV on its own battleground." The idea appealed to Video Independent...
...Bartlesville scheme will be watched closely from Washington, Manhattan and Hollywood. Says Shapp: "This will make it possible for exhibitors to reach an audience they have never before reached. By electronic means, the walls of the conventional theater are pushed outward to surround the entire city and make it a giant theater." If it works as well as surveys suggest it will, the company expects it to spread across the country and to cover special sport events, opera and live plays as well as movies...
...decides, it remains true that the practice of packing the Club so that this or that faction may obtain the power and prestige which it so desperately wants is unworthy both of honest young Republicans and, more important, of Harvard men. At least, F.D.R., in his famed Court-packing scheme, could justify his plan on the grounds that he was attempting to preserve his economic program designed to benefit all Americans. In contrast, the little venture into institution fixing of the leaders of the HYRC is clearly motivated by considerations of individual self-interest, although they are sugar-coated with...
...Nash Rambler showroom, salesmen quickly took customers into their confidence: "Wanna see a beaut? This one here goes for twenty-seven seventy-nine." Pointing out an auto wtih a color scheme that included beige and a muddy violet, the dealer said, "I call this one brown monotone, you see, 'cause it's all different shades of brown." In response to a question on the number of miles per gallon the little Nash Metropolitan got, he admitted, "Actually you get 34 miles to the gallon. They claim a little more...