Word: reunion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...through Carte Blanche. Citicorp bought Carte Blanche in the early 1960s, but was forced to spin it off when the Justice Department objected on antitrust grounds. A federal judge has approved Citicorp's plan to buy back Carte Blanche, and the trustbusters are not likely to block the reunion. Partly because of rising competition from bank-issued cards, Carte Blanche has fared poorly and could well use Citicorp's muscle...
...rhyming dictionaries, a thesaurus, catalogues of puns and books on analogy. She researches the products and tries to incorporate the manufacturers' sales pitches. Clever titles will give you an edge, advises Mrs. Haley, who has come up with such concoctions as "I Remember Mania's Turnips" and "Reunion Chicken." She won a $600 microwave oven for a frankfurter casserole called "Putting on the Dog," a freezer for a sandwich dubbed "Ham Snacktaculars" and a stuffed tiger from the health food store for naming it "Eaton Wright." Other Haley coinages include "Blendelicious" for a multiflavored ice cream, "Purrsnickety...
...issues of John Paul's pontificate, and it is an area on which his thinking is unknown. In the same speech he vowed that he would pursue unity "without diluting doctrine but, at the same time, without hesitation." Still, the new Pope's thinking on steps toward reunion is unknown...
...ordinary times, the McDonnell family from the small town of Federal Way, Wash., would have passed up the trip. But these are not ordinary times, and pert Jackie McDonnell wanted to attend the 20th reunion of her high school class in Los Angeles. Even though Jackie, Husband Bob and their two children had already taken their summer vacation in Alaska, they were tempted by the new low airline fares. Says Bob, an engineer, "We made our reservations 30 days early, we flew night Super Saver and we figure the four of us saved $259 off the regular fare." He adds...
...Those close to me know that I wanted to exchange the life of an activist in the Jewish emigration movement here for a reunion with Avital in Israel. For more than 2,000 years, my people have been dispersed. Wherever Jews were, they would repeat every year: 'Next year in Jerusalem.' At present I am as far as ever from my people, from Avital, and many hard years of exile are in store...