Word: flavorings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flavor of the ballgame changed dramatically over the course of the seven innings. What began as a pitchers' duel evolved into a Harvard romp, and then into a dramatic Smith comeback...
...question for ice cream lovers: What is the difference between Pralines 'N Cream and Pralines & Cream? Answer: Pralines 'N Cream is a registered trademark of Baskin-Robbins, the flourishing Glendale, Calif., company (1984 sales: $152 million) that has franchised 3,143 ice cream shops worldwide. Pralines & Cream is a flavor sold by Haagen-Dazs, the successful (1984 sales: $100 million) ice cream subsidiary of Pillsbury. The similarity of the two brand names has spurred Baskin-Robbins to sue Haagen Dazs for trademark infringement. A Dallas federal court is considering the case, not without some amusement. Says a court clerk...
...sides are serious. Baskin-Robbins says that it sold 3 million gallons of Pralines 'N Cream in the U.S. last year, making it the company's No. 1 flavor. Haagen Dazs says it will "vigorously defend the lawsuit" and "aggressively pursue cancellation" of the trademark. Haagen Dazs contends that pralines and cream is a generic name that should be available to all companies, just like chocolate chip and butter pecan...
...like to do my own reporting," says Callahan. "I would find it difficult to give the flavor of a place or personality if I hadn't got it firsthand." A few weeks ago, Callahan set off for Seattle to catch Bird and the Boston Celtics on the road, and traveled with the team to Oakland and Los Angeles. Then he flew to Edmonton to talk with Gretzky and the Oilers. After that, to get a feeling for his subjects' nurturing grounds, he went to French Lick, Ind., where one of Bird's older brothers showed him around and introduced...
...company spanned six decades until his retirement from the board last year, and whose leadership built a debt-ridden, one-product soda-fountain business into a giant multinational, making Coke a favorite in all but a few countries and merely one of the company's 250 products, which included flavor essences, citrus drinks and coffee; in Atlanta. Woodruff was also a prodigious philanthropist who gave away an estimated $350 million, much of it anonymously, to medicine, the arts and education...