Word: labeling
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Kohl has had trouble shaking the label of provincial politician. He had never held a federal office until he was chosen to lead the Christian Democrats. Some political observers would argue that he has deliberately cultivated the homespun image and is actually a shrewd political infighter. Though he has been offered Cabinet posts in C.D.U. governments, he has tactfully one them all down, not wanting to become too identified with any one Chancellor. Despite frequent trips abroad, he is virtually unknown outside his own country. When Kohl visited Washington last October, West German journalists gleefully pointed out wire-service reports...
...method of dealing with problems between workers and management. Even in largely nonunionized companies like Motorola and Northrop Corp. a framework exists for handling those issues. The challenge for organized labor will be to convince a new generation of workers that they are best served by wearing the union label. -By Alexander L. Taylor III. Reported by Gisela Bolte/Washington and Paul A. Witteman/Detroit
...five years at a cost of $20 million. To emphasize the special nature of the inaugural run last spring, for example, passengers were encouraged to wear '20s finery, and many did so. On current trips, passengers often don evening clothes for dinner, and the champagne, a special V.S.O.E. label bottled by Laurent Perrier, flows freely. And as Sherwood has promised, "The bar-salon stays open, and our pianist plays on, until the last guest has retired." "When a Broadway baby says good night," plunks Giany Bars at the baby grand piano, "it's early in the morning...
With millions of people around the world strutting their status in designer denim, label watchers are growing a bit jaded with the usual insignias. So to put a new gleam in their eyes, a Singapore firm has introduced blue jeans with a solid-gold label and a similarly lustrous price tag: $850. Yane jeans bear a Y-shaped trademark, which is made with 1.12 oz. of 22-karat gold, on the pants just above the right hip pocket...
Among the handful of regional brewers actually to have prospered in recent years is G. Heileman Brewing Co. of La Crosse, Wis. The company jumped from 15th to fourth in the industry during the past decade by buying up old regional brands like Grain Belt, Rainier and Black Label, and running them more efficiently than had their previous owners. So far, the brewer's attempt to expand nationally by taking over Pabst has been stymied by the Milwaukee firm's defensive maneuvers to fend off acquisition. Moreover, the Justice Department has threatened antitrust action against the takeover because...