Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Quarrels between old friends are the bitterest. Malta's people have always welcomed and admired the British. It was the Maltese who asked to be taken over by the Crown in the early 1800s, and every one of them, from the Roman Catholic Archbishop on down, now swears allegiance to the "Queen of Malta." For their part, the British have abundant fondness for the hardy, dark-skinned islanders who proved devoted allies through two world wars. Last week the friends were embroiled in an angry spat that threatens to end their long relationship...
...because all the good teams are in the East and play each other during the regular season. When the perenially favored Crimson was victimized by screaming Annapolis galleries and dropped a 6-3 decision to Navy last month, it looked as if the Midshipmen would steal the crown...
...stockholders of both companies approve, American will take over Royal Crown in a $130 million swap, run it under present management. In contrast to American's $1.2 billion sales, which have risen hardly at all in the past six years, Royal Crown's sales have tripled to an estimated $64 million since 1960. And the third-ranked soft-drink company (after Coca-Cola and Pepsi) promises to keep on outpacing its parent...
...somewhat surprising that Royal Crown, riding on the success of its best-selling Diet-Rite Cola, wanted to merge at all. The main reason is that American can provide the capital and international marketing know-how that Royal Crown needs in overseas markets in order to keep pace with the leaders. Royal Crown, moreover, is no stranger to tobaccomen. To build up its sales efforts abroad last June, the company hired as president of its international division Morgan J. Cramer, former chairman of P. Lorillard...
Neither prude nor Puritan, Hogarth sought to lay bare the foibles of his England. Yet he was no revolutionary; he wore the scarlet coat of a gentleman, and respected the Crown. He married the daughter of the man who painted murals in St. Paul's, eventually succeeded him as Serjeant-Painter to Kings George II and III. He began life as an apprentice silversmith, wound up with a country house and six servants...