Word: teas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paid much attention to Moon's smiling supporters when they were grossing more than $10 million a year peddling candy, flowers and ginseng tea on the sidewalk. But now that the Korean evangelist has sent his faithful into legitimate big business, both ordinary and powerful people are becoming concerned--not only with the validity of the Unification Church as a theological institution and its aims at world theocracy, but also with the legitimacy of its business practices. Indeed, the whole issue raises significant questions about the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of religion...
...when he wants to; the choice is not entirely his. Many members of Congress continue to regard inflation as enemy number one. Says Bob Giaimo, chairman of the House Budget Committee: "Some Democrats are talking about incentives and stimulants. I don't think they're reading the tea leaves right." Carter may also find the Federal Reserve balkier than before. Its new chairman, Paul Volcker, is a more determined inflation fighter than his predecessor, William Miller, who is now Treasury Secretary...
...Jinxing television store on Nanjing Avenue, by women at the First Department Store's display of pleated skirts. In neither location are the displayed goods in stock. Other young people simply while away the hours gazing at goldfish from the deck of the Yu Gardens Tea House...
This month Chandler's comet will acquire an important East Coast associate, the Hartford Courant (circ. 218,000). Connecticut's largest and one of the nation's oldest dailies, the Courant (pronounced current) covered the Boston Tea Party and counted George Washington among its readers. Courant employees and retirees, who own most of its stock, turned down a $133-a-share takeover bid last fall by Capital Cities Communications, a media conglomerate with a reputation for rough labor dealings. There was little opposition to Times Mirror, however. The firm made a better offer-$200 a share...
...events, spectators will be able to choose from smoked salmon, caviar and sliced sausages. Drinks include hot tea, vodka, or Coca-Cola and its orange-flavored cousin, Fanta, dispensed by strolling vendors through a tube from a backpack tank. (Pepsi-Cola has been available in the U.S.S.R. for six years, but Coke won the Olympic bidding.) Not to be outdone in the soda race, the Soviets have invented their own Olympic drink, Druzhba, a cranberry-apple concoction...