Word: harvey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Harvey & Sons, makers of Bristol Milk and a better sherry called Bristol Cream, never got around to registering the trademark of their mellow product. Recently, intending to enter the U.S. market on a larger scale, Harvey's finally applied to the British Food Ministry for a registration certificate protecting the Bristol Milk label...
...Harvey's retorted, dead pan, that the change in the well-known name might cut down sales in dollar countries. Someone in the Food Ministry recognized the boner, and last week the advice was withdrawn. Said a contrite Ministry spokesman: "Nobody but an imbecile would connect sherry with the product...