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...brief (1935 to 1937) movie career, in which she was not a great success, she sang arias 50 times running without a murmur of complaint. Lily Pons hates champagne, drinks little wine, likes Coca-Cola, touches hard liquor and cigarets not at all. She still feels faintly seasick all day before a concert or opera performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: TRILLER IN UNIFORM | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

...Vermouth is the Coca-Cola of the Argentines, who consume more vermouth each year than the entire U. S. But U. S. consumption has been going up, last year reached an all-time high of 1,650,000 gallons-90% imported from France and Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Blockade Benison | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...Stover's business is professional prescription work. Mr. Mahoney considers his soda, cigarettes, and candy supply only a necessary evil. There aren't any swivel-stools in front of the soda fountain. But business along that line is good enough to warrent the presence of two great barrels of Coca-Cola syrup among the "reserves supplies" down cellar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 10/15/1940 | See Source »

...pick cotton or pull fodder, too late for plowing, the camp meeting gave Georgians a chance for chatting as well as churchgoing. Camp ers downed prodigious meals of fried chicken, country ham, barbecued beef, Brunswick stew, stuffed eggs, potato salad, corn on the cob, pie, watermelon, iced tea, lemonade, Coca-Cola. Even after such meals, old Dr. Bascom Anthony could stir his congregation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Salem Revival | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

...Among consumer industries, Coca-Cola Co. increased earnings 8% to $15,030,170 for the half year. Proud also was Coca-Cola of another announcement last week: Jim Farley, who needs a good paying job, will leave the Post Office Department to become chairman of Coca-Cola Export Corp. Eastman Kodak, which still gets a third of its sales from amateur photographers, also makes money from plastics, reported $9,179,170 net, up 13.7% for 24 weeks ending June 15. For the first six months, stores were up too: J. C. Penney 4%, American Stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EARNINGS: Going Up | 8/19/1940 | See Source »

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