Search Details

Word: sosta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Twin Motors. In selling its product to Italians-and thus providing a refreshing example of how to do business abroad- Coca-Cola has given U.S. methods a Mediterranean twist. Billboards plug "la sosta piacevole" (freely: The Pause That Refreshes), a fleet of 200 yellow trucks pound along ancient Roman routes from the bottling centers, and deliverymen dressed in uniforms emblazoned with Coca-Cola's red patch trundle boxes into caffe bars and wineshops. In Venice, two motor launches (see cut) chug along the Grand Canal on delivery routes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Italian Invasion | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

| 1 |