Word: branded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...news: the vanquishing took place without number one man Mike DeSaulniers, who was playing in the North American Championships in Philadelphia, and with brand new shirts and shorts, courtesy of Paul Sullivan, Harvard alumnus turned clothing entrepreneur...
Clapton has digested so many musical influences that he's dulled his palate. Invesitably the result is bland, a sort of baby pea-and-ham mush of originally solid substance. It's hard to distinguish Clapton's puree from Brand X any more and his appealnow lies chiefly in the hints at the original taste of the musical base than today's too-well-blended pulp. Not any reason to cry--that's too strong a reaction...
...Jackie Hughes came dressed as four-year, all-Ivy lettermen and certainly played like it, Brain Petrovek found his All-American goalie costume that he'd been missing for about a year and proved that it still fit, and Mike Clasby's two key assists showed that his brand new varsity uniform won't need any alterations...
...Dunne dropped a hint that he would not mind becoming mayor as well-which would give him control of the two posts that were the source of Daley's power. Dunne's suggestion came as a shock to many party regulars, who doubt that Daley's brand of one-man rule can be per-petuated-and who are, in fact, anxious to put the party and the mayoralty in separate hands. But the consolidation could happen, as anything can happen, in the brier patch of Chicago politics, where even in death the late mayor still casts...
...only three years ago, but they are already a red-hot industry. Last year some 4 million were sold, and sales are expected to increase by 50% in 1977. The prices for various models range from $25 to $45 and are dropping fast among the 80 to 100 rival brand-name distributors. Smoke detectors work either through photo-electric cells or an ionization device,? but fire officials generally agree that there is minimal difference in effectiveness between the two. They also warn that the occupants' chances of escape from a burning dwelling rest ultimately on a prearranged exit plan...