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Pillsbury Co., a firm of flour power, has a message of love. To millions of housewives, it preaches that the way to express affection for husband and chil dren is to bake them a cake. Its ads pro claim that "Nothin' Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven, and Pillsbury Says It Best." This somewhat sac -charine slogan helps to boost sales. In the fiscal year ending last May, they rose to a record $526 million, and prof its increased 7.4% to $13 million. This year the Minneapolis-based company anticipates an earnings gain of 10%, which...
Pillsbury's bread-and-butter business is still based on flour, but lately it has done well in other fields. It now manufactures 150 products, up from only seven in 1950. More than half of last year's volume came from such laboratory-developed convenience foods as prepared mixes, fresh-dough products and a growing shelf of calorie-free sweeteners. The company's president, Terrance Hanold, is an articulate intellectual who is interested in philosophy and psychology. "Eating habits are changing," says he. "We are exploring food, but more than anything else, we're exploring...
Sedulous Brainwashing. Drama may reach for the stars, but it must be rooted in the soil of "the rough theater." This is the popular drama of crude jests, false noses, stuffed bellies and fear in a faceful of flour. It is vulgar, grotesque and obscene, and it ranges from Punch and Judy to Bertolt Brecht, who argued that the theater should be like a prize ring...
Showers of missiles, ranging from stones to bags of flour, fell on hardpressed police defending the embassy from the shoving, shouting mob. Inside, 11 U.S. Marines stood guard...
When families went in to get their commodities, they found that the Agriculture workers were giving them whatever happened to be overproduced by American farms that month. When the surplus was corn or flour or other relatively wholesome staples, things worked out. But sometimes, the surplus items didn't happen to match with what the families needed to eat. One month two years ago, families walked away from the Commodities office with 25-pound sacks of peanuts. Another time in 1964 the total monthly distribution consisted of beets and celery. Even in the best months, there is an obvious lack...