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...perpetrators of the stunt, a Lowell and a Leverett House man thoughtfully left a note in the tower explaining how to remove the green paint with a damp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Tower Sheds Emerald Glow As Pranksters Honor Saint Patrick | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

...most persistent growths in the State House garden is the McCarthy-Dorgan proposal to outlaw Communists in Massachusetts. This has been growing for some time, and the latest bloom, H. 426, is bigger and more inclusive than ever. Some people pass it off as an annual publicity stunt, which may be correct, But Paul W. McCarthy is a clever man and he did not write H. 426 in a fit of hysteria. Despite his bill's many drawbacks, he has strong support at the State House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hardy Perennial | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

...possible explanation of the letter concerns an exhibit put on last fall by the Hayden Planetarium. As a publicity stunt to attract children to the show the Planetarium offered reservations on the first rocket flight to the moon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hollanders Send Request for Two Tickets on University's Moon Trip | 3/1/1951 | See Source »

Advertising Results. In Louisville, Robert Perry asked $1,525 damages from the Moskins Credit Clothing store: $25 for meals eaten out, plus $1,500 for temporary loss of his wife, who left him after misinterpreting a postcard sales-stunt which read, "Please call WA 1492 and ask for Carolyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 19, 1951 | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...yearbook needed to raise $250 in advance of its publication, and it appeared for a time that the traditional "Testament" was doomed. Posters were put in the dining hall and on the bulletin boards, a Kirkland House band serenaded the House as an advertising stunt, and a corps of solicitors was sent to every entry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacon Yearbook Meets Fund Quota | 12/13/1950 | See Source »

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