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...pupil, Lana quickly learned how to get her fill of her favorite grape juice ("Please machine give juice period") or pieces of banana. But could she also learn to pay heed to the symbols displayed on the screen-in effect, to read...
...eyes had adjusted to the dim light, I saw my friends sitting at a table near the back corner. I was late, and, having decided not to wait for me, they were already on their dessert. I sat down next to the Englishmen, who was halfway through his banana split. Opposite him was a German who looked up as I sat down, smiled at me, and then went back to concentrate on his hot fudge sundae. And, across from me, was a fellow American, who was smoking cheap Bolivian cigarettes in between sips of his coffee...
...vacation from Nicaragua, where he was working. He told me of his experiences while in Bolivia, and how he'd been shot at during the time of the coup. We talked about Che and why he had failed. The Englishman, looking at his watch, decided to order another banana split...
...other people, and are even more brand-conscious than Americans. Helped by a booming economy and a rising currency in recent years, Dentsu has grown particularly fast. In 1972 it elbowed McCann-Erickson out of second place in global billings, and now it has become the new top banana of world wide advertising. Billings last year reached $950 million v. something more than $800 million for the American-based giant J. Walter Thompson Co., which has been in the No. 1 position ever since such records have been kept...
Presiding over this six-night-a-week hound happening is Isadore Hecht, 60, West Flagler's owner. The former tomato grower and banana importer bought the track 20 years ago when it handled just $14 million in bets during a 13-week season. Hecht modernized the plant and produced a greyhound gold mine. In 1972 the track handled $63 million in bets (8% went to management) in a 16-week meeting. Every night Hecht can be found in a posh suite of offices perched at one end of the track. There he can monitor the betting windows...