Word: trademarks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alex wanted his youngest sister to win the coveted Thomas Dewey Award for Academic Excellence, which he had received for three consecutive years. With his trademark snideness, he lamented the "dry season" in academic awards that his family had experienced during "The Mallory Years"--the time when his ditzy, fashion-concious sister, Mallory, was in junior high school...
Zucker, who cites the Marx Brothers as a major inspiration for the team's trademark humor, a combination of irreverent spoof and slapstick, contends that their brand of film satire requires a particular frame of mind and involves a certain amount of risk. The blockbuster reception of Airplane! was followed up by the disaster of Top Secret. When the latter film is mentioned, both Weiss and Zucker flinch. As Zucker says, "It isn't like drama where you can say `You simply didn't get the "heavyosity" we were aiming for.'" In comedy, the sound (or lack) of laughter...
...intriguing characters in this film, but there is also an unbelievable romantic element which seems to be Thompson's idealization as he looks back on his college years. Thompson relies on an episodic structure which, though it does have great moments, doesn't hold the film together well. His trademark of using little moments to wrench the heart is not cohesive. This incoherence, particularly toward the end of the film, pushes over-romanticized events beyond the realm of believability...
...taking design lessons from its glory days. The latest versions of Cadillac's Fleetwood and De Ville sedans mark the return of the fins that were the brand's trademark until 1965. "They are voluptuous and sexy," says Christopher Cedergren, an analyst for J.D. Power & Associates. Seductive too: in October GM sold to retail customers 11,443 of the 1989-model Fleetwoods (base price: $30,300) and De Villes ($25,435), 54% more than it sold in the same month in 1987. To lure younger buyers, GM has its Geo line of small cars. Priced from...
Weidman, whose sales reached $200,000 last year, defends his drink's name by arguing that "Shirley Temple" has become part of the English language and thus is no longer a trademark. After all, he notes, when bartenders mix ginger ale and grenadine to make a Shirley Temple, they do not need Black's permission. The difference, Black counters, is that bartenders, unlike Weidman, are not trying to push a product...