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...movie tie-in all but fell into the lap of Hershey, which sold some $35 million worth of Reese's Pieces last year. E.T.'s producers offered to use the Hershey product only after Mars, Inc., maker of M & Ms, turned it down. Hershey Vice President Jack Dowd then flew to Hollywood to see still photos from the film and make sure that the candy was not going to be in a monster film...
...Maureen Dowd...
...when they can become ordinary one-city folk again."They are functioning on 'deferred gratification,' " says Sociologist Sussman. They are, in other words, the new troops of the Protestant ethic, enduring hardship now for the sake of better days ahead. - By John Leo. Reported by Maureen Dowd/ Washington and Nancy Pierce Williamson/New York, with other bureaus
Correspondent Maureen Dowd, who joined TIME's staff last September from the Washington Star, and who was working on her first cover story, found the subject beguiling and familiar. She grew up in Washington with five cats who produced 25 kittens. Though she proposed such dignified names as Princess and Napoleon for the kittens, her older brothers and sister insisted on calling all of them J. Fred Muggs, after NBC's famous chimpanzee. Sums up Dowd: "After years of covering public officials, I found cats a pleasant relief. Cats are every bit as narcissistic as politicians, but, happily...
...Reed. Reported by Maureen Dowd/ Washington and Georgia Harbison/New York, with other bureaus