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Word: steirman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...worse, were down to around 1,000,000 this week when Harrison announced he was chucking the whole business. The price? "Just say that it was enough," sighed Harrison, who is still beset by libel suits totaling $28 million. The new owners: a syndicate headed by cocky Hy Steirman, 36, who claims, "I've edited 1,000 second-rate magazines." Steirman announced plans to slip his new properties some pep pills. "The new Confidential won't look under beds, but it won't avoid a hot story either. Harrison had a homemade atomic cannon, but he just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: High Price of Virtue | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

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