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...held that any station endorsing or opposing a political candidate must allow the other candidates to reply. In suits brought by CBS, NBC and the Radio Television News Directors Association, the court ruled both requirements unconstitutional as a violation of free speech and press guarantees-though it did not knock down the fairness doctrine itself...
...variety hour for NBC titled The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show. The format includes a twist: in one segment each week, she will interview a celebrity. But the real get-the-guest free-for-all should be ABC's Don Rickles Show. Rickles, the insult comic, will knock off a guest or two per weekly half-hour. ABC will also try TV's first weekly book musical, That's Life. For continuity, the one-hour show will have a regular star, Robert Morse, and a continuing theme, modern marriage...
...strikes do not, of course, prevent infiltration as it is. At best, some generals claim, bombing can knock out only 10% of sighted infiltration. But even that is valuable enough to the men charged with the conduct of the war and responsible for the lives of their...
...only 18. Her youthfulness has hardly been a handicap. From 76,000 pairs in 1960, Ferragamo has increased its annual production to 130,000 pairs, of which 70% are sold abroad. By far the biggest market is the U.S., where fashion-conscious women spend $22 for simple suede knock abouts, $65 for embroidered pumps and up to $175 for alligator styles...
...shrewdly refusing to give credit. A typical lesson deals with the display of merchandise in shop windows: "One of these cakes has flies on it. The other cake is safe under glass. Which would you buy, A or B?" There are even a few words on how to knock the competition. If other shopkeepers find that Mr. Shida is selling potatoes at a lower price, Kenya's budding businessmen are advised, they can simply explain that "the potatoes have been in Mr. Shida's shop for a long time...