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...worry about alien economic dominance. What is far less visible and less controversial is the great foreign stake in the U.S. Few Americans realize that when they launder clothes with Lever Brothers' Lux, drink Lipton's Tea, open a can of Libby's tomato juice or groom their hair with Beecham's Brylcreem, they are buying from companies owned or controlled by foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Foreign Holdings in the U.S.: The Quiet Invasion | 8/10/1970 | See Source »

Sewing Their Own. Denver's Bride-N-Groom Rental Salon is swamped with orders from women who do not want to spend $200 for a wedding gown. Sales at Chesebrough-Pond's, a producer of moderately priced facial creams and toiletries, increased by 13% in the first three months of 1970. Many women are putting off buying new summer wardrobes and instead are making clothes for themselves. Volume is ahead 80% at Discount Fabrics Inc., a chain in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Just as women are sewing their own clothes, they are also growing their own food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Dividends from the Drop | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

...Sometimes a jock'll pull a horse," he continued. "If the groom finds out, the jock might get a punch in the mouth. Racing is like dice: you roll craps and you're out; you roll seven or eleven and you're a winner...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: 'He's Gonna Win for Me, Ya Know?' | 4/23/1970 | See Source »

...When that little jock makes the big time, he don't remember the groom who said, 'Drop your arms' or 'Don't pull the horse; he's got a tender mouth.' Three years from then if you go up to him for a buck, he might say, 'Get outta my face...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: 'He's Gonna Win for Me, Ya Know?' | 4/23/1970 | See Source »

...cloud of confetti blew into the air. Grimm doffed his cap. A groom led him over to the paddock where he posed for a picture with two squirming little girls in yellow Easter dresses. Flash, and it was over...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: 'He's Gonna Win for Me, Ya Know?' | 4/23/1970 | See Source »

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