Word: trademark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comfort. Yet mentally they inhabit an unseen world where they play an elaborate game of spy and counterspy, conducted with high solemnity and utter ruthlessness. This emotional tinderbox is ignited when the espionage is discovered by an unstable outsider who believes he has found evidence of treason. Rendell's trademark is to invert the classic adventure story: rather than transmute ordinary men into heroes, exceptional events crush them into madness...
Sporting a cowboy hat and his trademark Mickey Mouse tie, Ronald Reagan's onetime political guru Lyn Nofziger strode into federal district court last week to become the first person to stand trial for violating the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. Nofziger, who resigned as a White House aide in January 1982, is accused of illegally lobbying the Administration on behalf of three clients, including the scandal-plagued Wedtech Corp...
...anywhere but at the most exclusive salons may want to consult the opinion of an unexpected new arbiter: U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet. Last week the Manhattan-based judge named the 55 classiest retail stores in the U.S. He compiled the list as a way of enforcing a November trademark-infringement ruling in which he prohibited the toniest U.S. stores from selling Elizabeth Taylor's new fragrance, called Passion (price: $165 per oz. of perfume). Sweet had ruled that the upper-crust marketplace already belonged to an older Passion ($270), which the French firm Annick Goutal has marketed...
...MONTHS ago, when Paul Simon entered the presidential race, the prevailing wisdom among political pundits was that the 58-year-old, first-term Illinois Senator's horn-rimmed glasses, massive earlobes, and trademark bow tie made him unelectable. His unabashed New Deal liberalism wouldn't sell in these budget-cutting times, everyone was sure...
Brian's Song:Crimson wide out Brian Barringer caught five passes Saturday, mainly on his trademark curling patterns. He needs 10 receptions in The Game to break Pat McInally's single-season receiving record...