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...anniversaries or as part of a sales campaign." Philip Morris ordered up a tie with a percentage sign on it, as the symbol of a sales convention that had the theme "It's all a percentage game." Nestlé last spring commissioned a tie in honor of the 50th birthday of the chocolate-chip cookie. Anheuser-Busch has no fewer than a dozen ties celebrating the firm's various brands of beer...
...paneling was removed at Rubenstein's request during last year's Commencement, to coincide with his 50th class reunion. He wanted a sign the works and was concerned about their condition...
Naturally, the consequence of such prices is that people are clawing their way into every inch of Manhattan space available. After a long quiescence, builders are now providing more space all the time, both office and living. In the East Side area between 50th and 94th streets?the heart of the matter, if the Big Apple were an artichoke?at least eight new co-ops or condominiums are currently in some stage of completion, all high-rising and luxurious, of course, and all smack in the center of things, which accounts for their appeal. At the proposed 44-story Museum...
...original singing cowboy was back in the saddle again-in reruns of his '40s movies and in a documentary titled Gene Autry: An American Hero, shown on a TV station owned by the millionaire star. The California Museum of Science and Industry was marking the 50th anniversary of Autry's start in show business with an exhibit of the old cowpoke's spurs and guns, a guitar, hit records, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and uniforms from the Autry-owned California Angels. Appearing there in full ten-gallon regalia, Autry, 72, declared, "I really...
...last great party for the Brahmins came in 1896, on the 50th anniversary of Cambridge's incorporation as a city. Bunting hung from every window in the Square, and June 3 saw one of the great parades in the city's history. Led by surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the procession highstepped through the Square ending at Memorial Hall where crowds listened eagerly to a series of speeches. Harvard men marched second in the procession, and at least one group, the Crimson reported the next day, carried a sign asking the better-left-unanswered question "What...