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Campbell Soup, which manufactures Godiva chocolates, was not amused. In a letter to Grey, the company charged that she was "passing off inauthentic and offensive merchandise" that looked like candy for humans and "may constitute a danger to public health." Campbell demanded that she supply a list of her customers, "destroy all the packaging" and "pay over to us the profits." Grey, who says that Campbell is "barking up the wrong tree," sued the company in a Los Angeles federal court for interfering with her enterprise. Campbell countersued, and Grey filed an additional complaint with a California state judge...
...Cardullo's, a gourmet food shop, "the whole business completely changes at Christmas," said General Manager Daniel J. McLaughlan. According to McLaughlan, Cardullo's sells primarily international foods, and each country has a unique culinary way of celebrating Christmas. Food packages such as Godiva Chocolates, Mozarte Candies and maple candy are big holiday items, said McLaughlan...
Customs in costumes are also changing. While traditional devils, ghosts and vampires are still popular, many adult outfits are bewitching in another sense: harem robes, Tarzan loincloths, geisha girls, samurai swordsmen, plus Dolly Parton, Carmen Miranda and Lady Godiva. This year's revelers will also be garbed as Mr. T, E.T., gruesome beasts from Return of the Jedi, punk rockers, hot dogs, sandwiches, trash bags, schools of fish, brilliantly plumed birds, six-packs of beer, and, if a Denver pair repeats its act, a couple in bed, including the bed. A New York City family will masquerade as Britain...
...beyond the glass partition.)" But not to stop there, he goes on to detail the "usual market solution" in the form of a company in Texas that chops normal Cadillacs in half, stuffing them with new space and elegance. This "usual market solution" may enthrall the Polo shirt and Godiva chocolate set, but it's highly unlikely to draw new Republicans into the ranks...
...wine snob; he will swirl and sniff and smell the cork and send bottles back and otherwise make himself obnoxious on that one subject. Another person may take up, say, chocolate, and be able to discourse absurdly for an hour or two on the merits of Kron over Godiva. This kind of snobbery based upon a narrow but thorough trove of expertise is a bit depressing, because it reduces one of the great forms, snobbery, to the status of a mere hobby...