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...those were the days, nearly 20 years ago, when Coca-Cola gathered a group of young students and models on a hilltop near Rome to sing what would become the most memorable U.S. ad ditty of the era: "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony/ I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company." The choristers got a flat $50 fee, while the commercial earned Coca-Cola thousands of approval letters and the effervescence of a song that sold more than 1 million copies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Coke Updates A . . . Classic | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...moral responsibility to do so. After all, the U.S. consumes a disproportionate amount of the world's resources and has inflicted more than its share of environmental damage. But perhaps the strongest argument for American leadership on the environment is an idealistic one. Ronald Reagan loved to sing paeans to America's unique role as "a city on a hill" -- an inspiring model of democracy and free enterprise. Now that much of the world seems to be moving in a democratic direction, the U.S. should set its sights on an even loftier, more urgent mission: saving the planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth Update the Fight to Save the Planet | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...Santa's world in Jordan Marsh, huge red Christmas balls form a gate to Santa's Workshop, where teddy bears make toys, ride sleighs, light fires and sing carols, and a large red mailbox guards the path to Santa...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: There is No Snow in Boston | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...crisis there are huge white lights hanging from almost every tree in Boston Common, where sleigh rides take weary shoppers on a snowless ride through the city's center. A Christmas tree and menorah keep up the pretense of holiday cheer inside the gold-topped State House, where carollers sing while a weary legislature trims a budget rather than a tree...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: There is No Snow in Boston | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...other leading characters were, for the most part, also good. Melody Scheiner as Little Buttercup spent most of her time lurking in the wings, but when she came out to sing, her voice was lovely...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: An Unsteady Ship | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

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