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When David Packard became Deputy Secretary of Defense, he not only put his holdings in trust, but he also agreed to give any money from capital appreciation to schools and charities...
Classic restaurants are blooming around such nostalgic themes as old automobiles-for instance, Doug's Body Shop in Detroit, where diners can consume their filet mignon in a 1951 Packard-a building in Buffalo reconstructed from Mark Twain's old home, and an exquisite old Claremont, Calif., high school. There is also a streetcar manufacturing plant in San Francisco that serves only spaghetti dishes; and a reconstructed Colorado-style mining camp called The Chicago Claim Company, where luncheon menus are printed on land-claim certificates, and the decor features outsize mining pans. The place is, literally, a gold...
...some critics, the success of that machine is a devastating comment on American values. Pop Sociologist Vance Packard laments: "This is what our country is all about-blandness and standardization." Novelist Vance Bourjaily extravagantly views McDonald's popularity as a sign that America is "a failing culture." He explains: "This country is full of people who have forgotten what good food is. Eating in most countries is a basic pleasure, but people in the U.S. don't eat for pleasure. To them, eating is just something done in response to advertising...
...Hewlitt-Packard Company...
...Hewlitt-Packard Company...