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Word: carthuisan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...twice weekly in 10,000 gallon hatches in a labyrinthine "secret room." Employees at Pimm's Ltd., the makers of a secret gin sling (Pimm's Cup) whipped up in the 1850s by a London chophouse bartender, are forced to take a company loyalty oath. Only four Carthuisan monks know the formula for Chartreuse, and travel between monasteries to make it. The ingredients for Coke's basic 7-X formula are ordered from separate suppliers in undisclosed quantities, and the formula is kept in a bank vault and in the heads of Chief Chemist Orville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing & Selling: They've Got a Secret | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

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