Word: programing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Pleven was pushing electoral reform. In place of proportional representation, a clumsy failure because it encourages multiple-party paralysis, the Premier proposed a "système majoritaire," which would build up a few strong parties at the expense of the weakest. Pleven was determined to fight for this program, even if it meant his downfall...
While developing her industry, Canada has also strengthened her position as a leading world supplier of raw materials. The vast oil exploration program in Alberta ("Second only to that of Texas") and the 350-million-ton Ungava-Labrador iron ore deposits ("Only a fraction of what the field will eventually yield") are prime examples of new riches uncovered during...
Before heading to the Mayo Clinic for a slight nose operation, one-man rodeo Bill ("Hopalong Cassidy") Boyd took time out to go on a Voice of America program, gave Soviet moppets the low-down on redskins and rustlers, along with some Western philosophy: "Never kick a man when he's down; never shoot a man in the back...
...this year, CBS has axed its CBS Symphony, its once-fine Invitation to Music and its summer symphony broadcasts from Manhattan's Lewisohn Stadium. Listeners can still hear the New York Philharmonic-Symphony on Sunday-but only a tape recording of the preceding week's program, broadcast at 1 p.m. E.S.T. instead of at the more profitable (to a sponsor...
...Gracie's gags, Straightman George uses a slow-burn delivery and purse-mouthed pauses ("A man drowned once while I was pausing"). Compared to the machine-gun patter of most TV comics, his style gives the show a relaxed, almost leisurely pace. A high point of the program: Gracie's dubious plugs for Carnation Milk ("I don't see how they get milk from carnations...