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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never very popular in Spain. The British fabricate "Napoleon soap," with a color reproduction inside of David's famous painting of the Emperor on a horse. The soap shrinks, of course, but the portrait of Napoleon stays. "Imagine being able to wash your hands with Napoleon," exults Xavier Moreschi, the chief Corsican commercializer of the bicentennial in Paris, who is already actively preparing the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Napoleon's death in 1971. "Sure, they get indignant about that back home in Ajaccio, but a guy who can sell soap when he has been dead almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Bad Case of Napoleonomania | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

Only three of the ten largest unions impose compulsory retirement on their officials. And labor leaders are a durable lot: President Joseph Moreschi of the Hod Carriers is 80, domineering David Dubinsky of the Ladies' Garment Workers 73, Jacob Potofsky of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers 70, and A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: The Tired Old Guard | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

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