Word: cola
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Jolt Cola, the new soft drink which advertises itself as the choice with "all the sugar and twice the caffeine," is now available for purchase at several Boston-area stores...
...pressed, he would accept some innocuous additional measures, like restrictions on new investment in companies that do not follow principles of racial equality. In its determination not to upset the Pretoria government unduly, the Administration even let it be known that it disagreed with a decision by the Coca-Cola Co., once one of the largest American employers in South Africa, to sell its remaining holdings in that country as an expression of the company's opposition to apartheid...
After the meeting, Tisch told TIME his first reaction to Wyman's Coca- Cola proposal was "shock." He had heard "rumors" that various other companies were eyeing CBS for a possible buyout, Tisch added, "but I didn't think any of it was real. It was a complete surprise to me. Eventually I said that when I bought stock in this company it was with the intention of maintaining CBS as a completely independent company. I said that the CBS stock of Loews Corp. was not for sale. It was very upsetting...
...outlasted several presumed heirs. After 41 years at the helm of W.R. Grace, the multibillion- dollar chemical producer, J. Peter Grace, 73, has been overseeing a major restructuring of the company and shows no signs of stepping down. Robert W. Woodruff, longtime chairman of Coca-Cola, "retired" in 1955 but remained in control of the company for an additional 25 years, well into...
Gone are the days when candidates would appear as talking heads to tout their credentials. "Political advertising is beginning to recognize that it competes with other advertising for people's attention, which means McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Buick and Crazy Eddie," says Manhattan Political Consultant Scott Miller. As broadcast political advertising becomes ubiquitous, many observers have begun to question its efficacy. Last week's New York primary, for example, was notable for the poor return on some heavily financed television advertising. To be effective, says Miller, candidates must "use the same methods and technologies that are available to everybody. Humor...