Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Boise swoop has produced particularly broad concern, perhaps because the police invaded a newsroom and not, as in Flint, a commercial print shop where no journalists work. "I feel I've been completely compromised," said Reporter Loy, who had talked his way into the Idaho prison as a member of a convict-approved "citizens committee." "These people asked me to go in because they knew I could be trusted." CBS News President Bill Leonard called the raid "unjustified." New York Attorney Floyd Abrams, who has argued several press freedom cases, said the Boise action was "particularly offensive" because...
...what exactly are real people? Do they eat meatloaf and shop at K-Mart or wear moth-eaten sweaters and hum Haydn in the shower? And what is a real situation? A Saskatchewan classroom during the Depression can appear as real as a Chicago classroom today and a Canadian bully can be just as real as an American hood. So what gives both these films the accessible quality of coffee-table books, full of colorful portraits, sensible prose and a handful of good chuckles...
...institute members participate in research-group meetings, which focus on such areas as intellectual history, the labor movement and women's history. Institute members also, put their skills to use in a number of projects, including Shop Talk, a documentary film about unionization at a New York lithography plant, and a guidebook to scholarly periodicals for historians...
...walked to the pay phone and dialed a number in New York City. As he chatted on and on, the telephone rang near by in Manhattan Beach police headquarters. The Brooklyn district attorney's office was calling to ask that the man on the phone in the coffee shop be arrested. The police hustled over, and Sergeant Jack Mair approached the caller from behind. "I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to identify himself," says Mair. "He looked at me, saw my uniform and my shotgun, and said, 'Howard Buddy Jacobson...
...lobby (San Diego's Westgate) or enough brass to occupy a full-time polisher (Washington's Fairfax), plus fine restaurants, valets who will return a pressed suit in 30 minutes and arrangements with local tradesmen to provide books and other items at any hour. The Pontchartrain will shop for a guest who has forgotten to pack the essential black tie. The Westgate can provide a stenographer for dictation at midnight. The Carlyle will soon offer worldwide direct-dial phones for international hommes des affaires...