Word: showing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your otherwise excellent article on the quiz-show scandals neglected the real culprit -that vice president from the Manufacturers Trust Co. We peasants from the sticks were counting on him and his uniformed bank guards to vouchsafe the purity and integrity of The $64,000 Question. He let us down...
...gently as I could, I told Mrs. Rommel that I had the war diaries, that I had learned about her birthday, and that I knew all about the shoes. I felt no elation at showing my hand to this charming woman. Mrs. Rommel was a grand loser. She rose from her chair. "I sincerely hope, Mr. Ryan," she said, "that you do not intend to harm my husband's reputation with this story." Then she said: "I'll show you the shoes," and left the room. Mrs. Rommel returned. In her hand were the grey suede shoes-platform...
...basis of testimony presented by state police investigators, the Court ruled there was insufficient evidence to show criminal action by any person...
...annual Combined Charities Drive, President Pusey has released a letter to the student body urging support in achieving this year's record goal of $15,000. Pusey describes the campaign as "the Harvard community's chance to show that it is concerned for human welfare ... that it lives in the world and in a busy and important urban community--not in an ivory tower...
That's the first prerequisite. The second involves not letting the name William Faulkner cross your mind during the show, for it will only evoke sympathy for Mr. Faulkner and antipathy for Jerry Wald, of Peyton Place fame, who lovingly identified Faulkner with his film, but who cunningly ripped up The Hamlet into many pieces, tossed them into the air, and caught mostly his own chaff...