Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cranberry scare illustrated the level of idiocy to which the American people have fallen [Nov. 23]. Cigarettes, long recognized as a possible cause of cancer, are still indiscriminately sold to people who can't think for themselves. But the minute that a possible cancer-causing chemical was thought to be on some cranberries, the whole nation went into pandemonium...
...last thought. We have heard much of the phrase, "peace and friendship." This phrase, in expressing the aspirations of America, is not complete. We should say instead, "peace and friendship, in freedom." This, I think, is America's real message to the world...
Some newspaper editors like the idea. "I think it's an intelligent device for distributing news releases and handouts from commercial concerns," said the Los Angeles Mirror-News' managing editor, Ed Murray. "A machine like this doesn't commit you to use the stuff, and I think one's judgment of the news value is likely to be better if it comes in by a machine. And it helps cut down on all that opening of letters...
Unlike Campbell, General Foods has never had any strong consumer identification as a company, keeps its name in small print on packages. "We felt too much close association would be bad," says Mortimer. "A woman may use Swans Down cake mix but think Calumet baking powder is for the birds." On the other hand, the company yearns for the sort of public image built up by competitor General Mills, is now trying to create that image by publicizing the General Foods Kitchens...
North by Northwest. A wild, completely entertaining Hitchcock yarn, in which enemy spies have the gall to think they can rub out Gary Grant. With Eva Marie Saint...