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...continue you must understand who this Name I refer to is--Namo, faithful Namo, the unvanquished, undiminished, gonzo Major loon. He was a great, dark, swarthy Italian with a manner that was usually slow and friendly. But when he fixated, when he seized on an idea like getting druck or getting laid or going fast to someplace far away, he was dangerous. But I liked Namo and I even worried about him--I didn't think he had long to live--so we often travelled together, and we often found ourselves in difficult situations...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Assault on Filene's Basement: A Christmas Fantasy | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...Federal Trade Commission in a speech, likening the agency's crackdown on deceptive or puff advertising claims to "star-chamber proceedings" and "Salem witch hunts." The speech got wide publicity. One fact not mentioned in the stories was that Brozen is a paid consultant to Harshe-Rotman & Druck, a public relations firm, which arranged for him to speak in various luncheon clubs. The firm is employed by ITT Continental Baking Co., which has been warned by the FTC to tone down its advertising claims of unique nutritional value in Wonder Bread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Geneen's Visible Persuaders | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...outstanding upset occurred when Captain Jim O'Mara of Dartmouth won the 150 yard back stroke by a nose from Harvard's Bill Drucker. Everybody had predicted this would be a close race, but the feeling was that "Druck" would take O'Mara when the chips were down. Instead, O'Mara stayed on Drucker's heels throughout the event and in the last few yards forged ahead to win by a fraction of a second...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: Dartmouth Swimmers End 11 Year Jinx, Sink Crimson Squad at Hanover, 39-36 | 2/7/1942 | See Source »

Drucker nipped O'Mara by inches in winning last winter, and the feeling is that, whatever the outcome of the meet in general, "Druck" will hang the Indian sign on O'Mara again this year...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: SWIMMERS ARE UNDERDOGS IN TODAY'S MEET | 2/6/1942 | See Source »

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