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...million and the transfer of several colleagues from English prisons to jails in Northern Ireland. The ransom was refused. Eight days later, the works were recovered. This time, seven of the less valuable paintings were found abandoned the afternoon of the theft. Still missing are masterpieces by Gainsborough, Goya, Rubens and Vermeer...
...underwritten by their power to hang men for poaching a stag or breaking down an ornamental shrub? Or even that England, particularly from the Civil War to the rural riots of the 1830s, was by no means the serene garden of precedence and patronage suggested by the masterpieces of Gainsborough or Robert Adam...
Together with new outlets slated to open soon at Boston's Downtown Crossing and in Copley Square, the Harvard Square Cornpopper will mark the chain's first venture into the Northern part of the country, Gainsborough says, adding that plans are underway to insure a successful expansion. Cornpopper specialists are currently developing a special Clam Chowder flavor to seduce the taste buds of Bay State residents, whose palates may also be privy to a special diet popcorn that Gainsborough says is in the works...
...adds that depending on the product's success in the metropolitan area, the chain may expand further into other areas of the state. In addition, Gainsborough adds. Cornpopper officials are looking to go beyond the current bounds of the retail outlets and market the various popcorn flavors in supermarkets and liquor stores, supplementing whatever out-of-shop sales might develop from the mail-order business already offered through the chain's stores...
When it goes on sale in the Square, Cornpopper's freshly popped kernels will sell at the rate of about $1 for a portion the size of a medium bag of chips. Interesting prodicts, though, also deserve interesting containers, and Gainsborough offers that his popcorn will also be sold in 1-, 4 1/2-, 6-, and 16-gallon cans. Of course, the cans will be anything but plain--artists have been hired to design them with colorful drawings, lithographs and decals...