Word: brands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brand. All told, 51 prosecution witnesses testified to Baker's fundraising talents. Ralph Hill, a District of Columbia vending-machine operator, testified that after Baker had helped him get a contract with Melpar Inc., an aerospace subcontractor, he went to Baker's office and "asked him what kind of whisky he drank." Baker, according to Hill, indicated that his brand was worth $1,000 a month. Hill said that he made eight monthly payments of $250 in cash...
Cobalt in the Head. The brand that they favored was Dow, a Canadian beer brewed in Montreal and Quebec. But no problem had been encountered in Montreal. What was the difference be tween the two brewing processes? In Quebec, an extra dose of a cobalt salt had been added to build and hold the beer's foamy head. When? One month before the first patient's symptoms appeared. Though the amount of cobalt was well below legal levels, and though no conclusive cause-effect proof could be made, Dow dumped $1,260,000 worth of the suds into...
After exams, Bicker begins. Representatives of the clubs come in and check out your brand of rep striped tie, yellow shirt, gray trousers, navy blazer, and freshly shined shoes. Talk starts with the room. "Not a bad room for sophomores. Nice picture over there. Nice carpet too," the club man will say. Then there are nods and "thanks" and the talk changes...
Curses, intimidations, threats, blackmail labels to brand people all over the sky and earth, blows at my body, an imperial decree imposed on my head and the rebukes of a certain senior general piercing my ears. Are there any more secret weapons? Bring them all out together. The universe is cleared of all dust. If you do not believe, please wipe your eyes...
...film makers learned the knack of the two-part story, which could then be stitched together and peddled in Europe as a Walt Disney or Man from U.N.C.L.E. feature film. At the same time, TV programmers discovered that, say, a ten-year-old Danny Kaye film could outdraw a brand-new Danny Kaye variety show. From that point on, there were no impediments to a final, formal marriage...