Word: downs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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New Genesis. Without any written records of their faith, which were presumably lost in the shipwreck, Saturday's Oilmen handed down what they could remember of their rituals and practices from generation to generation, losing more and more as the centuries rolled on. Then, tradition relates that some time...
General Motors Corp., hardest hit, with 215,000 workers laid off and all production at a halt, was moving faster last week than even its own executives expected. G.M. expects to have all divisions operating at full speed by Dec. 18. Chevrolet plans to have 63,000 workers back, producing...
Tested Ingredients. No company has done more to revolutionize U.S. cooking than General Foods Corp., the world's biggest food processor. It sparked the revolution with its line of Birds Eye frozen foods, still the biggest-selling brand. Last year it put its 250 products (including different flavors and...
Postum was founded in 1895 by a health-food fan named Charles William Post, who invented Postum and Grape Nuts, one of the first cold cereals, built a thriving business in Battle Creek, Mich, before he died in 1914. Later, under President Colby Chester and Chairman E. F. Hutton (who...
Unlike Campbell, General Foods has never had any strong consumer identification as a company, keeps its name in small print on packages. "We felt too much close association would be bad," says Mortimer. "A woman may use Swans Down cake mix but think Calumet baking powder is for the birds...