Word: dimes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...William Barry Wood Jr. '32, who died in Cambridge Tuesday, was a gridiron hero of that heyday of Harvard football. Old football heroes are a dime a dozen, but the accomplishments of Dr. Wood deserve special notice...
...Shoals studio house band, the same group who play behind Aretha on many of her greatest hits. As a result, most of the songs on Box Scaggs (Atlantic) are arranged with a tightness and professionalism that is usually missing in white rock. With the exception of "Loan Me a Dime," a twelve-minute blues which is redeemed primarily by the quality of the guitar work, the whole LP is free of the kind of excesses (mostly wretched) that new groups tend to wallow...
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...Wrigley Jr. Co., the largest chewing-gum maker, is one of the few producers to have kept the price of its basic five-stick pack at a nickel. Market analysts predict that the company will soon raise its prices, perhaps shifting to an eight-stick pack for a dime. On the strength of such forecasts, Wrigley's stock one day last week jumped more than nine points...
Squibb Beech-Nut Inc. is test-marketing a dime pack of its famous Life Savers. To justify the increase, company officials contend that they have improved the product. They no longer will have mere flavors, but "super flavors"-23 kinds selected from 700 recipes that were tried out on volunteer suckers. Customers may have a hard time noticing it, but each Life Saver will weigh 10% more. "We've reduced the size of the hole," says James Welsh, Beech-Nut's public relations director...