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...that was turned into a mall and a subdivision--I think of the SILVER BUTTER KNIFE STEAK FOR TWO, looming above me on a billboard, our car stopped at a red light on Lyndale Avenue in 1952, the Bible on my lap open to Ecclesiastes, my head anointed with Wildroot hair oil, and I feel restored. Some glories remain. You for sure, and me, perhaps, and, absolutely, Murray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AGE OF ELEGANCE | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...strides through Metropolis with a heavy, sexy gait, as if John Wayne had just discovered his libido. A three-day beard prickles the lantern jaw. His hair has lost that Wildroot sheen, and the brilliant red cape has turned a dirty maroon. Even the cape's bold insignia looks tarnished: the S coils like a sinister serpent. From every corner of the Big Apricot, citizens avert their eyes, hardly daring to whisper: Can this be ... Superman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Goodness at the Crossroads | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...reasons of health." When he was invited to take charge at D'Arcy in 1953, Ganger walked into a disaster: loss of the $10 million-a-year Coca-Cola account. But in a vigorous drive for new business, Ganger signed up Royal Crown Cola, has recently won Wildroot, Knox Gelatine and Plaid Stamps. With billings up to $87 million last year, Ganger beams: "We've nearly doubled our business in the past five years-and you don't do that by luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Business: THE MEN ON THE COVER: Advertising | 10/12/1962 | See Source »

Vitalis, Lucky Tiger, Wildroot, Brilliantine, nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Fried Shoes | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. is close to buying Buffalo's Wildroot Co., Inc., makers of hair tonic, for about $10.5 million. Wildroot, which has been talking merger with several companies, reports: "The Colgate deal looks good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Dec. 22, 1958 | 12/22/1958 | See Source »

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