Word: teas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peking, Nenni took tea with Mao Tse-tung, addressed the Communists' Consultative Political Conference ("It is a scandal that this new, vibrant China has not been admitted to the United Nations"), talked mutual trade with Premier Chou Enlai, discussed Roman Catholicism with the self-styled "vicar general of Peking." Concluded Nenni: "Catholic missionaries in China can leave and return as they like," provided, of course, that they do not carry out "counterrevolutionary propaganda...
...they debated: It's art, but is it pretty? Then Carol cried: "I don't care how much we disagree. It's a relief to have somebody talk something besides crops. Let's make Gopher Prairie rock to its foundations: let's have afternoon tea instead of afternoon coffee...
...whose Hoving Corp. bought control of the firm in August (TIME, Aug. 29). There was also a merchandiser's desire to get rid of $340,000 worth of china and glassware that was not moving, along with items of jewelry and leather goods. Among the bargains: a silver tea set that had been on the shelves for more than ten years, cut from $12,500 to $6,000; a gold compact, from $2,375 to $1,500; a diamond-studded emerald brooch, with a stone that was once part of a Turkish sultan's belt buckle, from...
When Millionaire Printer John F. Cuneo bought control of Chicago's ailing National Tea Co. in 1945, he grumbled that he was taking on "the worst chain-store property in the country." From Harley V. (for Vincent) McNamara, who had talked him into the deal, came a soothing answer: "That's what's so good about it-it can't get any worse." As National's new president. Optimist McNamara soon proved that it could get a lot better...
During his first full year at National Tea (which operates under the name National Food Stores), McNamara boosted sales from $107 million to $158 million, profits from $913,000 to $2,900,000. In 1953 he squeezed out First National to make National Tea the nation's fifth largest supermarket chain. Last year, when sales reached $520 million, profits $6,500,000, the company became the tenth largest of all retailers...