Word: ballyhoo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bluster & Ballyhoo. What these facts proved was that bluster and ballyhoo had been a big force in wartime Washington. The final super-cargo-plane contract turned out to be for only three 200-ton craft. Kaiser lost interest in the scheme and later bowed out, muttering darkly about a "mysterious kiss-off." With Hughes on his own, the contract shrank to one plane which has never yet flown...
Howard Hughes, plane-builder being investigated by a Senate committee, retorted "circus ballyhoo" to a subpoena from the committee and said that he couldn't make it until Wednesday because of business. His business--at least with the government ordered, huge flying boat--was reported as possibly costing the U.S. an extra...
Ticket buyers were still pretty choosy, but they packed in to see a good picture-or a bad one, for that matter, if it got enough ballyhoo. During the past month, according to Variety, the following were leaders...
Union rules, parietal regulations; and local hostelries re buttressed to meet the expected impact of the festive weekend; and Jubilee committeemen, almost (but never quite) buried in their own ballyhoo, are bubbling in anticipation of the opening gong...
...financial gap between students. Instead of arbitrarily outlawing the expenditure of any money for election purposes, the Council might well institute a basic maximum of five dollars per candidate. By allowing aspirants the means to publish mimeographed statements of intent, the Committee can maintain its policy of forbidding unfair ballyhoo and still uphold one of the most vital factors for the continued renaissance of student activity...