Word: turn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turn of the century, Joseph Willard's son had the old five-story building torn down and replaced with a twelve-floor, 450-room French Second Empire structure. With its gilt and marble fixtures, the new Willard was a more refined version of the old. When Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice would light up a cigarette in the main dining room, waiters would hurriedly put a screen around her table...
Battle of Talkathons. Much of TV's comment and controversy are heard on the day-and-night conversation shows, which seem to be trying to turn TV into a talkathon. They frantically compete with each other for big-name, talkers. Joey Bishop interviews Ronald Reagan, Carson brings on Ayn Rand, Merv Griffin chats with Bertrand Russell. One night, Dick Cavett has Norman Mailer as his guest, the next night he leads a spirited discussion between James Bald win and Yale Philosopher Paul Weiss...
...town, in turn, has shown its fist. Starting back in 1967, the township has served Owner Walter K. Pleuthner, 83, with legal papers ordering him to demolish the house. Local officials believe a succession of small fires have damaged the structure so much that it is "dangerous and unsafe." Pleuthner contends that the fires only "mellowed" his home's great oak beams, answers each suit with delaying tactics or countersuit. When officials threatened to bulldoze the structure last month, Pleuthner's lawyer won a temporary restraining order. Said he: "Scarsdale doesn't like it because it doesn...
...more than a year, while the Justice Department has grown more cautious about pressing antitrust suits and opposing mergers, the Federal Trade Commission has become increasingly aggressive. Last week, in one of its boldest actions yet, the FTC moved to turn a giant into a midget. The commission ordered Maremont Corp. of Chicago, a leader in the automotive-parts field, with sales last year of $186 million, to a Washington hearing next month. The agency's aim is nothing less than to make Maremont sell off 40 companies that accounted for about $100 million of the total...
...management at ABC was elated by the turn of events. Concluded ABC President Leonard Goldenson: "Because of their confidence and faith in the future of our company, a substantial majority of our stockholders elected to reject the Hughes tender offer." Shares of the company closed down by only 380 by the end of the week from a high of $67.75 on Tuesday, before the news...