Word: topically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With solemn assurance from the Justice Department that they would not be violating antitrust laws, the presidents of the three television networks met in secret conclave last week. Topic of discussion: FCC Chairman John Doerfer's "suggestion" that the networks take turns every week presenting a half hour of informational, cultural and educational programs daily, Mondays through Fridays (total: 2½ hours a week...
...Japan was jumping. Another year had rolled around, and the annual New Year poetry contest results were proclaimed. This year the subject of the 31-syllable waka competition was "Light,'' a topic chosen by Emperor Hirohito himself. There were more than 23,000 entrants, the most ever, and the 15 winners (Japan's royalty is excluded) included a blind lady who submitted her poem in Braille, and a humble lady day laborer (of a class known to Japanese as anko, which is, in turn, a fish that is mostly mouth and stomach). The Emperor's waka...
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...topic for the series is "Resolved: That Congress should be given the power to reverse decisions of the Supreme Court." The two-man teams will alternately argue the affirmative and negative sides of the resolution...
There will also be individual "ex tempore" competition. In this contest, the participant draws a topic by lot, receives an hour for preparation, then delivers his speech before the judges...