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Moreover, consider that a similar "coincidence" occured during the '84 campaign, when Jackson called for a boycott on Coca Cola for their moral ineptitude in employee related issues. His half brother soon became the first Black distributor in Coke's history and earned the millions necessary to start his cement company...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Take the Moral High Road | 4/23/1985 | See Source »

...frenetically commercial. At the Cafe Givral, the Rick's Bar of wartime Saigon, a superb French-bread sandwich and cool citron presse are still available. Money changers, prostitutes and all kinds of small-time wheeler-dealers flourish, albeit rather more discreetly than ten years ago. North and South, Coca-Cola is for sale, but the black market stalls of Ho Chi Minh City are packed with foreign goods: Spam and Tang, Zest and Lux, A&W root beer and Del Monte prunes, Remy Martin cognac, Wilson tennis racquets and balls, Japanese TVs and calculators. Vietnamese are allowed to receive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: A Pinched and Hermetic Land | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...plan's surprise swipe at Social Security would hold cost of living adjustments (COLAs) to 2% next year, instead of a projected 4%, unless inflation is higher than expected. Diet Cola is the latest nickname for the complex new formula, which is already under fire from retirees' associations. Pensions for military and civil service retirees, attacked by Stockman when he presented the President's original budget, would also come under this formula. The President says he will support the new plan, which goes against his clear- cut campaign promise not to touch retirees' benefits. Demanded Democratic Congressman Claude Pepper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agreement Among Allies | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

Back then, of course, the people were still drinking Coca-Cola. The product had something do with...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Change Your Existence | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Ralph: I'm glad you brought that up, dearest. Senator Alfonse D'Amato, the fellow Gerry might run against, says he prefers Coke now, because of the Ferraro ad. This means D'Amato and Ferraro could split the cola vote, and a third-party, 7-Up candidate might slip into the Senate. I needn't tell you what an uncola Senator may do to the two-cola political system as we know it. Before you know it, Orange Crush and Yoo-Hoo will have their own Senators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Pitching Motherhood and Pepsi | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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