Word: brands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...arena." Although the early opinion polls have made Nixon the heavy favorite over Romney in New Hampshire, he declared that defeat in the Granite State "will not be fatal to either candidate." Yes, he conceded, he must erase his loser's brand. But, at the risk of sounding "insufferably conceited," he predicted: "I will be the decisive winner of the primaries. I will go on and win the nomination. And I will beat Lyndon Johnson...
...make-believe Cythera will no longer do. It must be by plane, with champagne corks popping all the way. The destination can be anywhere - Acapulco, Moscow, Marrakesh. Last week it was Nassau, and for today's féte galante it was no moody grotto but the brand-new $55 million Paradise Island Hotel. Still, a touch of magic was called for, and the wand that summoned all the Beautiful People to court was held as usual by Serge Obolensky, 77, former prince and Imperial Russian Guards officer, international playboy, World War II OSS paratrooper, and currently the world...
...Last week the company's latest creation was introduced: a polyester and fiber-glass tire, which will be sold as a replacement for original equipment tires and is said by the company to have twice their lifetime. More expensive than the originals ($51 v. $34), the "Polyglas" brand will hit the market at the time tire replacements are being sought for cars acquired during the 1965-1966 sales boom...
...Ghana?", at which the audience invariably utters cries of disbelief. The ruling junta of police and army officers, headed by Lieut. General Joseph Ankrah, has done a great deal more than lecture, however. It has not only rescued Ghana from the brink of bankruptcy but virtually given it a brand-new start as a nation...
...Lotus, one of those creations of British Designer Colin Chapman that have made such proud marques as Ferrari and Maserati alsorans on the Grand Prix circuit. In place of the familiar old Coventry Climax engine (originally designed to power a fire-engine water pump), the Lotus 49 boasts a brand-new V-8 Ford-Cosworth engine that may well give Ford a Grand Prix championship to go with the victories it has already won at Indianapolis, Le Mans and on the stock-car circuit. Constructed mainly of aluminum, with a single-plane crankshaft (instead of the usual...