Word: wingo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McDavitt compared the Quincy event to theBoston Herald's Daily Wingo game. "You can winmillions totally by chance, but as long as theysay 'no purchase necessary,' you don't have to payanything of value to play, and it's not gambling...
...week. Headlines in today's issue include: "Giant Slime Monster Living in Charles," "Axe-Wielding Cliffie Trashes A.D. 'Bimbo Party,"' and "Cokehead Cannibal Feasts on Signet Snoots." Says Indy Editor-in-Chief Kristin Amerling '87, "We're trying to get permission from Dean Jewett to start up Wingo...
...whose British papers run front-page headlines along the lines of, "Sailor Who Turned Into a Girl Witch"; whose New York Post in 1977 ran front-page coupons to draft Ed Koch for governor; and whose editorial instincts often appear geared as much towards winning exclusives as towards Wingo!, whose daily jack pots grow almost as fast as Murdoch's holding in the American press...
...this decision been mine alone to make," Marshall Field said, "I probably would not have taken this action." For his part, Murdoch promises that, "basically, [1] neither plan nor intend any substantial changes in the newspaper." Murdoch may take Wingo into the Midwest; he may add splashier news coverage and a few pictures of scantily-clad women. But possible apprehension over Murdoch's latest move overlooks several facts about contemporary American journalism, Murdoch's track record, and the Sun-Times itself. A feeling that this Australian may not be that bad after all centers on a simple question. Which came...
...final issue of the Daily News offered a simple headline: "So Long, Chicago." The prospect of another farewell seems far more depressing than the prospect of an average Chicagoan winging it with Wingo...