Word: brandings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hope in the electorate's demonstrated distaste in the June elections for the major parties' malgoverno (bad government). In their view, Craxi has an opportunity to bring a durable change to the pattern of Italian politics. Said Republican Party Whip Adolfo Battaglia: "With Craxi and a brand-new legislature there's a chance for a serious long-term political renewal...
Products bought from the supermarket bins are much cheaper. Bulk buttermilk pancake mix in some stores costs 47? per lb., vs. 89? for national brand-name packages; and spaghetti is 47?, vs. 73?. The biggest savings are in spices. Oregano that costs 65? per oz. when packaged, or $1.79 for a small container, is only 35? per oz. when bought in bulk...
...appeal of the beers, however, is diminished a bit by the price. The little brewers use expensive ingredients and lack the volume to achieve efficient operations. Boulder Brewing beer sells for about $5 a sixpack, for example, compared with about $3 for a premium domestic brand like Michelob. Despite such prices, the micros have had to struggle to break even in the face of heavy start-up costs. It can take an estimated $350,000 to open a microbrewery. "We're finally holding our head above water," says Newman, a former high school teacher and newspaper reporter who began...
...Frederick Barthelme is known as neither an ogre nor a psychotic, but a well-respected and well-connected fiction artist, his stories popular for their sharpness of scene and characterization, their control over accurate, endearing detail. The stories in Moon Deluxe are classic vignetes of Americana; shopping centers and brand names abound, dialogue is rendered with a perfect...
...fast-growing, hyped-up industry," says Kleiner. "We're hoping we can take the opposite approach." Stylistically the reviews will probably follow the patterns established by the original Whole Earth Catalog: short and pithy. Looking up from the Kaypro computer he uses for all of his writing, Brand gave an impromptu sample of the unadorned, telegraphic style that he favors: "Perfect Writer," he said, identifying the disc in his computer. "Soso. It came with the machine...