Word: extinctionism
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That man was Bert Powers. The strike, said the judges' report, was "a deliberate design" to "postpone any negotiation until a time when the publishers would be forced to surrender under the economic pressure of threatened extinction."
Potential Fatalities. Both sides have settled down to stubborn warfare that could, if sustained, kill off as many as three Manhattan dailies. One candidate for extinction is Dorothy Schiff's Post, a liberal afternoon tabloid with a tenuous lease on life. The Post, which has been replenished with periodic...
In Hollywood, institutions do not crumble; they deflate. On New Year's Eve, a loud whistling sigh will develop at Prince Michael Romanoff's fabled restaurant as it sags into extinction. After 23 years in business, the instant prince this week held a command cocktail party in order...
Often, TV kills its best material and leaves the worst on the air. But all of the five shows that were fingered last week had fairly earned extinction.
∙ POCKET SHOPPER. Definitely not yet on the market, but envisioned by Dr. John W. Mauchly, is a miniature computer for household use that will not only make shopping lists obsolete but will also mark the extinction of the grocery clerk and the checkout-counter man. Before going to market...