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...planetary scale proclaims victories for freedom, democratic pluralism, frequent-flyer programs and unfettered competitive markets; 2) A radioactive cloud of banalizing sameness threatens the earth; the sacred and beautiful places, all the uniquenesses, have been invaded, desacralized, franchised for the masses, dissolved into the United Colors of Benetton...
...June saw the arrival of Cuba's first foreign financial institution, the Dutch ING Bank. British companies are looking into oil exploration--even though France's giant Total has recently pulled out--and Unilever, the British-Dutch giant, produces toiletries and detergents for the domestic Cuban market. Italy's Benetton now boasts five retail stores on the island, and plans three more by the end of 1996, while Japanese automakers Mitsubishi and Nissan are now sold in Havana...
Edward M. Gubbins '94 says he belongs in an advertisement for interracial dating. At Harvard, he jokes, he has dated "the united colors of Benetton...
...Ph.D. candidate, likes living in Peabody Terrace. He says many of its residents are families and students from abroad. "In the spring and summer, all these kids from different cultures come out to play," says Branstetter, who has lived in Peabody Terrace for two years. "It's like a Benetton commercial...
...ways that were hardly conceivable even a generation ago, the new world order is a version of the New World writ large: a wide-open frontier of polyglot terms and postnational trends. A common multiculturalism links us all -- call it Planet Hollywood, Planet Reebok or the United Colors of Benetton. Taxi and hotel and disco are universal terms now, but so too are karaoke and yoga and pizza. For the gourmet alone, there is tiramisu at the Burger King in Kyoto, echt angel-hair pasta in Saigon and enchiladas on every menu in Nepal...