Word: gums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...middle-aged prep night at the shrine of Boston High School hockey, the Arena, and as the faithful alumni ruined their pin-striped behinds on the bubble-gum parked by generations of Southie and Eastie fans, Harvard slaughtered Yale in a predictable mismatch...
...wear, is now designing plumbing and chocolate boxes and playing with his own theater. St. Laurent is creating men's clothes-and sheets and towels too. In fact, Yves will soon be owned frock, shirt and shoulders by Squibb Beech-Nut, Inc.-and may well be designing gum wrappers in a few years...
People buying gum or fruit drops today often find themselves fumbling for change and playing candy-counter roulette with various vendors who charge different prices for the same item. The trouble started when some manufacturers increased their prices on nickel candy and gum by either 1? or 2?. In the subsequent confusion, wholesalers and retailers ignored the official prices and began charging whatever the traffic would bear. As a result, some people soured on sweets, and sales were hurt. Market analysts concluded that customers do not like to dig out several coins for a small purchase, would just as soon...
...leading manufacturers are considering still another change. Chicago's Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the largest chewing-gum maker, is one of the few producers to have kept the price of its basic five-stick pack at a nickel. Market analysts predict that the company will soon raise its prices, perhaps shifting to an eight-stick pack for a dime. On the strength of such forecasts, Wrigley's stock one day last week jumped more than nine points...
...conviction that Latin, far from being dead, was a "living and vital language for all cultivated persons." Over the years, Bacci brought out four editions of a Latin dictionary, including terms that did not exist in Caesar's day, and himself coined such gems as gummis salivaria (chewing gum) and barbara sahatio (the twist...