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Word that the broadcast was a stunt reminiscent of Orson Welles' invasion from Mars radio program got around about a quarter of an hour after the community and students were thrown into extreme excitement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Students Panicked by Orson Welles' type Radio Show | 5/29/1952 | See Source »

Device. The technique was not a new stunt to Taruc-he had used the same device before to parade his causes, and once to promote a short-lived amnesty for the Huks in 1948, which Taruc used to his advantage and then violated. But his specific and detailed renunciation of Soviet Communism was something new: "It negates the existence of God ... advocates a Godless society. As a Christian, I cannot fathom the depth of the spiritual emptiness of living under such a kind of society." Stalin's Russia, the letter continued, is "a ruthless form of tyranny perpetrated upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGER ZONES: Proposition from El Supremo | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

Meanwhile, a spontaneous demonstration for Pogo broke out at the second Yard concert last night, when the Lampoon stunt men began their act. Cries of "We Want Pogo" went up, followed by a steady underchant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walt Kelly, Pogo's Pa, To Deliver Chalk Talk On 'Possum Thursday | 5/14/1952 | See Source »

...display was the work of Collector Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, an old M.I.T. man ('95) and board chairman of Rhode Island's Narragansett Brewing Company. A longtime Americana fan, Brewer Haffenreffer started collecting wooden Indians in the '303 as a promotion stunt for his company. Then it became a passionate hobby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Vanishing American | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

Having Radcliffe girls broadcasting first started as a publicity stunt for WHRB ten years ago. The Harvard station was then plugging for a larger audience, and used some 'Cliffedwellers as announcers and listener-lure...

Author: By Rona C. Harris, | Title: R-Squared Link With Tech Comes At Peak of 10-Year Development | 5/8/1952 | See Source »

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