Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...William Randolph Hearst himself and now the home paper of W. R. Hearst Jr., is the biggest afternoon paper (circ. 669,700). But its circulation is 8% off its peak, and its ad linage last year was down 17%. The Journal's screaming red headlines and crusading zeal once appealed to New York's immigrant population, but this formula no longer works so well. Though it has cut its staff to trim expenses and runs giveaway contests (Cashword Puzzles, Daily Double Racing Game, Lucky Safety Cards) to boost circulation, the Journal contributed to the Hearst chain...
...world's biggest republic, big as the U.S. with a second Texas thrown in. In such big cities as Sao Paulo (see opposite page), the fastest-growing major metropolis, a new breed of Brazilian businessmen is changing the face of the land with a zeal unmatched in all of Latin America...
Speaking to the mental health society in Dallas, Topeka's famed Psychiatrist William C. Menninger deplored the tendency of most Americans to lose sight of the mind in their zeal over certain bodies. "Almost every female in her late teens and 20s knows the chest and waist and hip measurements of Miss America," cried he. "In mental health, unfortunately, we do not have such a widely understood set of goals...
There's an Oh, such a zeal for spooning ru'ning the mind...
...Navy veteran with six years in Congress, Pat Sutton, 38, was not well-known outside his own Sixth District (west central Tennessee) a month ago, and politicians gave him little chance against Kefauver. But in recent weeks he has pushed his way into Tennessee living rooms with the persistent zeal of a brush salesman. His technique is the marathon radio and television appearance, in which he sits before microphone and camera hour after hour answering questions submitted by listeners. His latest endurance broadcast began in Memphis at 7:30 p.m. one day last week, and ended 27 hours later...