Word: suburbanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tradition he likes, also a challenge to his merchandising skill (Gunther-Jaeckel last paid a dividend in 1945). But fellow merchants figured he would soon figure out a way to fit Gunther-Jaeckel into his spreading operation. Pursuing a policy of aggressive expansion, his Bonwit Teller already has two suburban branches operating in Manhasset, L.I. and White Plains, N.Y., a third projected (in Millburn, N.J.), plus stores in Chicago, Cleveland and Boston. For the present, Hoving will double up on some advertising and promotional costs, knock out a wall or two to throw the main Bonwit store and Gunther-Jaeckel...
Wayland commented that Bernstein "employs a Greek-type chorus of three radio artists to relate--rather unfavorable--the antics of a suburban couple." He added that the piece was especially well adapted to his band, since it is "a combination of modern classical work, a Broadway show, and jazz rhythmic material...
...this 22-word prayer an encroachment on the right to religious freedom? Recited in unison by schoolchildren, the prayer begins each school day in the suburban Long Island school district of Herricks. Last week five property owners in the district brought suit in the New York State Supreme Court to end the practice, waited for a ruling later this month...
...Europe, a serious magazine published by the Free Europe Committee, but in this first novel he is also a cynical commentator on the U.S. scene. He is obviously convinced that there is something hollow at the core of American life. Willard-Hugo can be devastating as he describes a suburban party given by Cairo Joy's married sister. He raises hob with giveaway shows, the pornographic-picture trade along Times Square, the shallow mind of little Miss Average whose only coup in life is the landing of a husband. But he is a failure at suggesting what he wants...
...sitter's tale for what it was: a gnarled hoax that has been knocking around city rooms for 25 years* When the more knowing editors began to protest to A.P., Twin Cities reporters, backtracking truth to its lair, found that the trail ended with a 35-year-old suburban Minneapolis insurance agent named Fred R. Keller, who said only that he had heard the story from someone else...