Word: beers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crisis results from a $28 duty on every pound of imported hops imposed by the government of Sir Roy Welensky because tax revenue from commercial beer has not been up to expectations. "This is due to the spread of home brewing," complained the government...
...Australian acquaintances, Soviet Embassy First Secretary Ivan Feodorovich Skripov seemed a likable sort, as Soviet diplomats go. He was a good talker, an enthusiastic partygoer and a back-slapping practical joker who often laced his guests' beer with vodka, guffawing when they caught on. But amiable Ivan was more than a spoofer. He was also...
...average Canadian can hardly step outside his house without finding himself dealing in some way with one of the vast enterprises of Edward Plunket Taylor. At 62 Taylor still works tirelessly at turning a profit on his every interest, whether it be racing horses, brewing beer and ale, or basking in the hot sun of the Bahamas. His personal wealth does not make him Canada's richest businessman, but his financial empire makes him the most influential. Spread out over some dozen industries, it has grown with such speed and success that a longtime associate of Taylor claims that...
...into Canada's largest supermarket chain (350 stores). Argus also controls Canadian gold and iron mines, plywood and lumber mills, shopping centers, a satellite city, Canada's largest radio station (Toronto's CFRB) and Canadian Breweries (Carling's), the world's largest brewer of beer and ale. Total sales...
...reorganizing it into a few big, profitable tracks. As a private investment, he is developing Lyford Cay in Nassau into a restful roost for such multi millionaires as Henry Ford II and CBS Chairman William Paley. But Taylor has put most of his effort into building Carling's beer into the fourth largest seller in the U.S.. is now moving his beer into Britain. Ireland and even the Bahamas...