Word: sodas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During off-the-cuff taste tests conducted around Harvard Yard yesterday, the taste of the caramel-colored beverage was described as something close to "boiled Pepsi", "soy sauce" and "generic supermarket soda." Jolt is advertised as being "inspired by the need for a better tasting soft drink...
...much of the drug does each 12-ounce can contain? Despite the marketing rhetoric, company spokesmen say Jolt offers only one-fifth the caffeine of an ordinary cup of coffee. The soda can label offers no information about caloric or sodium content...
Several Harvard doctors say negative effects resulting from consumption of the highly-caffeinated soda are no more serious than in-digestion...
...Drinking the soda is probably no worse than drinking a cup of coffee," says UHS Director Warren E.C. Wacker. "It sounds more like hype than reality...
Alas! Late night procrastinators still cannot purchase the new soda in Harvard Square. Local vendors--like Sage's, Store 24 and Christie's Market--do not yet carry the product and give no date when they might stock the lightning-clad cans. The closest vendor which offers the all-nighter helper is Bloomingdale's at the Chestnut Hill Mall...