Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uproar underscored one of TV's growing headaches: it is constantly caught in the middle by the slings and arrows of outraged viewers-individuals and organized groups. This is an occupational hazard long familiar to Hollywood, which learned how sensitive all kinds of minorities can be to slurs, real or imagined. An avalanche of mail (NBC alone gets 3,000,000 letters a year) has convinced network executives that TV, because it shares the privacy of the viewer's home, seems to give offense and draw abuse even more readily...
...extremely surprised and shocked to read in TIME, July 1 about the huge bill for professional services that Dr. Kris sent the Hoopers of Manorville, L.I. for helping pull little Benny out of a well [after public uproar, Dr. Kris cancelled his $1,500 bill]. Only socialized medicine can curb the heartless and uncontrolled mass exploitation on the part of physicians and dentists in the U.S. and Canada. Things are getting so bad that poor people cannot afford to seek medical help, have a tooth fixed, or even fall into a well by accident, without losing their shirts to those...
Matter of Ethics. Kent and Borghild Hooper, who had learned about the press and TV during their ordeal, called in reporters. In the resulting uproar, Kris explained: "The time I put in was eight full days and close to 100 hours. My time is worth $30 an hour. I've given the service. It was a personal sacrifice to me." Furthermore, he thought he was merely following the widespread medical practice of charging (within limits) what the traffic will bear: he had heard that the Hoopers had got a lot of money in donations. Not so, retorted the Hoopers...
...Commandments. The version was to be the same as that used in nearby Huntington since 1954. It was so worded as to offend no particular faith, did not involve any religious instruction. But no sooner had the decision been made than the area was in an uproar...
...back from Paris, needed to become a scandalous success in the gloomy provincial city. Berlin painters promptly invited him to show in the German capital, and the scandal was even greater, splitting the Union of Berlin Artists permanently into two camps. Gaily Munch wrote his aunt that "all the uproar was great fun," added that he had gained six pounds...