Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...made at a special meeting on last December 11 called ostensibly to consider the budget. The Superintendent of Schools, John M. Tobin, was ill on that evening and could not attend the session, as he is legally required to do. Acting as chairman of the Committee, Mayor Edward J. Sullivan seized upon this opportunity to move for suspension of the rules, which require the examination of merit qualifications and the approval of the Superintendent of Schools. The opposition of Shaplin and Mrs. Ogden was ignored...
...habits of others that he may swing a major victory in the war between the two big networks. Besides cutting down Jackie Gleason-a deed performed by Perry Como-NBC has long yearned to break two other major CBS strangleholds on the TV audience: Sunday night's Ed Sullivan Show and Monday night's I Love Lucy. Last week, when Charlie Van Doren appeared as a guest on the Steve Allen Show, it topped the Sullivan show in the ratings. Nobody wanted to credit Van Doren entirely, but oddly enough, Allen had beaten Sullivan only once before-when...
Tobin refused to make any recommendations, but stated the schools the appointees had attended, their degrees, and the dates of their appointments to the school system. Shaplin denied that these could be considered real qualifications, and noted that the superintendent had still made no recommendations. Mayor Edward Sullivan, chairman, ruled his points not well taken...
...informed by Mayor Eddie Sullivan that the Council has already passed an order in support of a flat $440 salary increase, but that it was the City Manager's prerogative to make appropriations. The Council, however, has the right to dismiss him at any time by a majority vote...
...Sullivan Sans Gilbert? As a composer, Bernstein has suffered one curious fate: his serious music, at least, is almost never played by others. If Conductor Bernstein did not come to the aid of Composer Bernstein, it might never get played at all. The main case that can be made against his music is that it is eclectic?and Bernstein knows it. Sometimes, when he hears a piece of music he particularly likes, he will exclaim: "God, that's wonderful. I must write something like it." He can put on any musical mask he chooses: he has successfully written boogie-style...