Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sick List. Until the Senate acts (and probably afterward), the Watkins report stands as the most crushing blow that has fallen upon Wisconsin's Joe McCarthy since his spectacular political career began. Last week, when the committee was putting the final touches on its report, McCarthy canceled the only three speeches he had scheduled before the election. His aides said that he was troubled by a sinus condition, would have to enter a hospital...
...Zealots' Creed. After a night's sleep and a breakfast pep talk to western Republicans, the President headed a 30-car caravan that rolled through spectacular canyons to the site of the $287 million McNary Dam, on the Oregon border. On hand to flip a switch activating the dam's fifth generator, the President took occasion to define one of the West's most vital issues: public v. private power. It was a bold, effective, potentially dangerous speech...
Second Spec. At week's end, NBC gamely presented its second spectacular, a TV version of the 1941 Moss Hart musical, Lady in the Dark, starring Ann Sothern. Just like the first spectacular, it was big, beautiful and contained too many production numbers. There was such a quantity of large-scale scenes that the camera could take only a few closeups during the 1½-hour show and many viewers may have felt that they were watching the entire production through the wrong end of a telescope...
Market Up. With all the bullish news, it was small wonder that the stock market continued its spectacular advance. Last week, following such blue chips as General Motors (up $4 to $89 a share) and Standard Oil of Indiana (up $12 to $95), the Dow-Jones industrial average climbed six points, for a fortnight's gain of 13. At 316.67, it was only 20 points below the alltime high of 381.17 in September...
...Spectacular (Sat. 9 p.m.. NBC). Lady in the Dark, with Ann Sothern...