Word: trademarks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Painted in 1801, Rubens set a standard for the informal portraiture that became an American trademark. Peale family lore has it that at age 17, Rubens planted the seeds of the geranium, supposedly the first one cultivated in the U.S. Said National Gallery Art Director J. Carter Brown: "It is the first truly American portrait by virtue of its celebration of a newfound confidence of Americans in their own capabilities." Brown called the work the "ideal first purchase" for a $55 million pool established for major acquisitions for the gallery. The painting was sold by Pauline Woolworth, of the variety...
...Holmes is also sanitized in a way that robs this film of the deliciously dark underside that dominated Doyle's work and, in films, the wonderful Seven Percent Solution. Holmes here is an adolescent Bond armed with a quiverfull of trademark one-liners and an evanescent girlfriend to give him something to worry about...
...there's a trademark of this year's Harvard football team, it's that the offense doesn't show up for the first three quarters...
America's trade problem is both complex and simple. Politicians, business executives and economists discuss such arcane tactics as dumping or trademark protection, but the basic questions are far less bewildering. Will America adopt a defensive or an offensive strategy in the world economy? Will the U.S. build up seemingly strong walls to protect its domestic industries against an onslaught of goods from abroad? Or will it strive to continue as a leading economic power at the forefront of technology by pushing into new markets at home and overseas...
...woman's nearest approximation to a true love (Christopher d'Amboise), prowls his way through the fleshly entertainments of Manhattan, only to decide he is ready to settle down, whereupon the young woman reappears to accept his offer. Like the woman, the young man is an outsider: as his trademark red jacket proclaims, he is from Nebraska. Like her, he is dazzled by bright lights and the fast life but realizes there is no place for the heartsore like home...