Word: brandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nancy Morgan objected that the anagram was a "remuddling of an already felt confusion." His brother George, both a De Gramont and a brand manager for Lipton Tea, said that Morgan was throwing away a valuable brand name. (Sanche de Gramont had written several books, including an astringent national portrait, The French, and a good popular history of the Niger River, The Strong Brown God.) The author ignored all this and became Morgan...
...complex that it is impossible in an analysis of this length to focus on the specifics involved. Some of the provisions, however, deserve examination as examples of the spirit that pervades much of the bill. Those relating to inchoate offenses--attempt, conspiracy, and a brand new crime called solicitation--are too vague. These laws could conceivably be used to prosecute or harass people who participate in political activities in opposition to government policies. The provisions in question go beyond what is needed to maintain democratic order and cut into political rights of dissent previously taken for granted...
...leaderships of the Hungarian, Polish or Czechoslovak parties, once freed from the grasp of Soviet Russia, would convert to freedom of their own accord and renounce all, or important parts, of their power. As long as the Red Army tanks assure the permanence of their reign, they improve their brand image in the eyes of the governed, acquiring a partial legitimacy through concessions to popular aspirations and tinkerings with ideological conformism...
With typical Magyar verve, Hungarians have managed to bring a sense of style and vitality to their brand of socialism, making it the gem of Marxism-Leninism. Fashionably tailored men and chic women bustle through Budapest's business and shopping districts, while imported autos (mostly East German Wartburgs and Soviet-made Zhigulis and Ladas) jam its streets. The city's elegant cafés and restaurants serve rich pastries and gourmet meals without the sullen service all too common in other East European cities. Billboards and newspapers (although not television) display imaginative and colorful ads urging consumers...
...Zevon, the patented Eastwood brand of low-boil violence and poker-faced absurdity may seem as natural as a song. His father, a Russian immigrant, was a onetime boxer who made his living as a professional card player. When William Zevon wanted to marry Warren's mother, the impending union caused a family crisis that became, 18 years later, the subject of their only son's most autobiographical song. Mama Couldn 't Be Persuaded...