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17 picks · 1954–1978

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CONTAMINATED
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about dioxin contamination in&around Seveso, in Lombardy, Italy. On July 10, 1976, an explosion in a chemical reactor at the plant of …

Frost vs. Nixon: A Trial on TV
the talk of the town ·

Thomas Whiteside on the series of televised interviews between the talk-show host David Frost and the former President—a “blockbuster of a trial,” he wrote, in 1977.

TOMATOES
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about tomatoes. Writer discusses the difficulty of finding truly fresh tomatoes in markets, today. Supermarket tomatoes are pale pink, …

ANYTHING ADVERSE?
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about credit-reporting abuses of the consumer-investigation industry. Reports are compiled & disseminated on applicants for various kinds…

DASHIN' ABOUT
profiles ·

PROFILE of Ted Adams, 44, a Cockney street trader of flowers & antiques in London, who is known as Teddy the Monk. He is in the junkier end of the …

I-A COUNTERVAILING FORCE
profiles ·

PROFILE of Ralph Nader, 39, consumer activist, who first came into the public eye in 1965, 7 years after graduation from Harvard Law School, with the …

Cutting Down
annals of advertising ·

Thomas Whiteside on how anti-smoking activists killed the cigarette advertisement.

DEFOLIATION.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about defoliation operations in S. Vietnam, whichbegan late in 1961, and herbicides for civilian use, which has been going on since soon …

A SUPER NEW THING
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Twiggy, England's foremost teen-age fashion model. Teddy the Monk, who said his last name is Adams, acted as her bodyguard. He …

The Man Behind the Beatles
the talk of the town ·

A 1963 interview with the manager of the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—who brought the group from Liverpool to stardom and started Beatlemania with their appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

The One-Ton Pencil
profiles ·

Thomas Whiteside on the pioneering producer who brought reality to television.

THE TUNNEL IN THE CHALK
a reporter at large ·

Part II of REPORTER AT LARGE about Sir Edward Watkin's Cha nel Tunnel Company which after having succeeded in tunnelling a mile and three quarters toward …

THE TIME IS TWENTY-ONE AFTER.
profiles ·

PROFILE of Dave Garroway, who presides over the NBC televison program "Today", which runs from 7 to 9 AM weekdays. The program, which started in 1952, is a…

A POWERFUL SENSE OF HIS DUTY
profiles ·

PROFILE of Capt. Henrik Kurt Carlsen, master of the freighter the Flying Enterprise, aground on the coast of Cornwall, who held out aboard his disabled and…

HOLY SMOKESTACKS, WHAT A MESS
profiles ·

PROFILE of Daniel Fraad, Jr., president of Allied Maintenance Corp., a housekeeping enterprise with a staff or nearly 5000. It's troops of moppers, …

THE COMMUNICATOR.
profiles ·

PROFILE of Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr., president of the NBC TV & radio network, who at one time worked as radio executive with American Tobacco Co., during …

THE COMMUNICATOR.
profiles ·

PROFILE of Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr., the young dynamic president of the NBC radio & TV network, a former radio executive of Young & Rubricam, & of American…