Word: cola
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chicago's Conrad Hilton hotel, downtown headquarters of the Democratic National Convention, long-stemmed models ankled through the lobby last week in brief bathing suits covered with 375 Pepsi-Cola caps. Coolers loaded with Pepsi were staked out on every important floor, but Coca-Cola coolers won a beachhead at candidates' headquarters and the convention hall. Schenley Industries, Inc.. restricted from dispensing its beverages, fell back on institutional messages ("Since 1933, Schenley Industries, Inc. has spent $200 million with U.S. farmers for grains...
Best of all, the Democrats will be hiring their hall for almost nothing; most of the rental costs will be met by the promoters of a commercial exhibit called "American Showcase." Delegates can get free shaves at the Ronson booth, pick up free samples of Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and, from the Norex division of Schenley Industries, Amitone, a relief for acid indigestion (common at conventions...
...largest shopping center (1.387,000 sq. ft. of retail selling space), an office center (50 acres) and an industrial center (123 acres). More than 1,000,000 sq. ft. of industrial space has already been built and is being used by such firms as American Bosch Arma, Pepsi-Cola Bottling, Sperry Rand Marine Division, Graybar Electric...
...jail (where he was serving a sentence for bootlegging) to supervise the feasts. Forty extra taxicabs of 2O-year vintage had been driven into town over the new road from India. Pink and blue bathtubs, toilets by the dozen, chickens, ducks, guinea hens, smoked salmon and gallons of Coca-Cola had all been flown in over the mountains to brighten the occasion. A million Nepalese and some 400 foreign guests jammed the capital city of Katmandu (pop. 175,000) to enjoy them...
SUPER COKES, tried out in test markets for almost two years, are so successful that Coca-Cola cannot meet demand. With 600 of 1,100 U.S. plants converting to supply family-(26 oz.) and king-size (10-12 oz.) bottles, the bottlers have told customers that they are not restricting production, but simply cannot keep up with orders...