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Word: sponsor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...state representatives doubted the wisdom of the bill, they were evidently reassured by Dr. W. J. Terry, the state superintendent of education and the chief sponsor of the bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alabama's School Book Act Proves Ludicrous | 9/29/1954 | See Source »

...nation's first commercially sponsored educational TV series starts over Washington's station WNBW this week. Some 35,000 pupils in 121 schools will watch daily 15-minute programs, e.g., on science, languages, world news. The two-days-a-week sponsor: Perpetual Building Association. The weekly bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...Faced with all these predictable characters and situations, Lawford still manages to infuse some wit and awareness into the stereotyped proceedings. But what little advantage he gains is lost when Lawford and the tough city editor sit down at program's end to rhapsodize about the glories of Sponsor Campbell's soup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...songsters. Eddie Fisher and Perry Como arrived back on TV with the dependability of swallows zooming into Capistrano. Soon due are such talented warblers as Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Martha Wright and Jane Froman. Eddie Fisher sang four songs, worked in a little quick sell for his sponsor (Coca-Cola), and on ballads, unashamedly imitated his idol, Perry Como...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

...Ollie found a new home on the ABC network. A standard NBC item since 1948, the gentle Burr Tillstrom show originally ran for half an hour, five times a week. Then it was cut to 15 minutes, and finally, limited to 30 minutes once a week. With a new sponsor (Gordon Baking Co.), the Kuklapolitan players will go back to their five-day-a-week format...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

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