Word: slipped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...inadvertently perpetuate a misinterpretation in saying that I "let slip the opinion that there are only 18 'good' U.S. dailies." What I originally said was that of 200 major dailies, 10 to 18 would generally be ranked as "excellent" or "first-rate" by knowledgeable critics. That is not a bad percentage of excellence in any field. More important is the growing element of leadership on many dailies that seeks excellence, abhors distortion of news, and welcomes constructive criticism. There is fortunately more of this spirit in all branches of journalism than ever before...
...Jersey's Scott Ethan Allen, 14: the men's national figure skating championship, at Cleveland. Youngest skater ever to win, Allen recovered from a near-disastrous slip in the free skating to defeat Pennsylvanian Tommy Litz, last year's champion. The women's champion: freckle-faced Peggy Fleming, 15, daughter of a pressman on the Los Angeles Times. Said Peggy's proud mother: "It wasn't a surprise to us. It was a complete shock...
...obvious that the girl had talent. She could talk to a television camera as if it were her pastor. She could smile lovingly at a new car and slip into the driver's seat while letting only a proper amount of knee show. She had a Grey Lady's sincerity and a sorority sister's charm. And she earned $150,000 a year as the Chrysler Girl on television. Then she suddenly announced she was giving it all up for grand opera. That's right, honey, her friends told her, lots of luck...
...endless expanse of bloated, rotting human corpses. Once, the ark floats over what must have been a large city, for "the inhabitants had surfaced with much of their household furniture: there were tables, chairs, bedsteads, washtubs . . ." When the ark at last comes to rest on Mount Ararat, the twins slip away with one of Noah's grandsons, Gomer, into a lonely and devastated world...
...Eight. Journalism schools preserve a cautious silence on the subject of journalistic greatness. Last spring, when Dean Edward Barrett of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism let slip the opinion that there were only 18 "good" U.S. dailies, he was immediately asked for their names. Barrett declined the invitation. Said he: "You don't think I'm going to get trapped into saying that...