Word: spotlights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Likely winners would be "put in the book" for probable listing in "Spotlight"; the rest would be turned down. Reporter Bob Rolontz (the M.A. candidate) was seated behind the turntable, cigar in mouth, pertinent data about title, label, publisher and performers at his fingertips. "Viola Dixxy-yeah, two x's," he announced, "singing Everyone Is Saying. We heard this last week, but maybe it's worth listening again for the girl-new talent." He played a few bars of a nondescript song by a pleasant, commonplace voice. "The girl, that's all there is to it," said...
...Army public-relations officer who has studied music at Juilliard. They form the music staff of The Billboard, 60-year-old amusement weekly (circ. 49,966) that has become the bible of the music trade. By picking pop tunes for listing in the paper's widely respected "Spotlight" columns, they do what almost everybody in the business tries to do-pick hits in advance...
...Just Cigarettes. Liveliest threshing ground for the researchers' ideas was a symposium on cancer control. Conceding that there is a connection between cigarette smoking and cancer, the panel nevertheless put the spotlight on other possible causes-widely used food dyes and additives. Three food dyes have already been generally banned in the West: "Butter yellow" (used for butter and olive oil), "light green SF" (for green peas), and thiourea (used to prevent oranges from spoiling). Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discovered that three of 18 approved synthetic dyes had caused cancer in animals...
Although not so much in the public spotlight as his son Arthur, Schlesinger has played an active role in political life. He was an organizer of the state chapter of Americans for Democratic Action and still holds its vice presidency. In 1946 he helped organize the United Labor Committee of Massachusetts and served as its chairman until this year...
...Spotlight on Paris (Sat. 7 p.m., NBC). A new series of shows from France...