Word: seales
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conference there was scarcely more than a murmur against the Government's military or economic conduct. The tone of the Party leaders was set by the fervent rhetoric of Lord Privy Seal Clement Richard Attlee, which might well have come from a Conservative mouth: "All members of the Government are absolutely united. . . . There can be no parleying. There is no way out but the destruction of Hitlerism...
Henceforth, ordered the FTC, Good Housekeeping must make no seal guarantees unless they are 14-karat, money-back or replacement guarantees; and it must work harder at its tests...
...Each side called over 100 witnesses. Good -Housekeeping's Attorney Isaac W. Digges called the FTC charges "vague, uncertain, undefinite, confused, confusing, argumentative, ambiguous, self-contradictory, conclusory and unintelligible." Hearst Magazines General Manager Richard Berlin charged that the attack on Good Housekeeping's 35-year-old seal business was inspired by subversive groups bent on destroying advertising altogether...
Only one incident afforded anything like a light moment during the long-drawn-out wrangling. Among Good Housekeeping-advertised (but not seal-approved) products introduced at the hearings was a Polish ham. Bursting open, it exuded such gamy odors that the court had to be cleared...
...When the seal was caught this year and sold to the aquarium Captain Knowles immediately went to see it and recognized it as his erstwhile pet by a broken left flipper. Oscar, who would not let anyone approach him, recognized the captain, followed him about and responded to his calls...