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...Susie was invited instead. She shook hands with the children and mimicked them. After the monkey came other party treats, such as tricycling in the marbled White House corridors and watching animated cartoons in the presidential projection room. Menu for the day: milk, jelly sandwiches, ice cream and birthday cake with candles...
...There is also the quality of integrity in packaging that, when absent, can be an extremely negative factor. Nobody likes to feel cheated, and when you buy a cake of soap only to find that two-thirds of the package volume is box, wrapping and air, and one-third is soap, there is a subtle but unmistakable letdown feeling. The same applies to boxed cereals and crackers that supposedly 'settle' in shipment. Misleading packaging is bad business, and people just won't stand for it much longer...
...Hancock Dersonnel man, make "horrifying" decisions in play. Hancock uses the "In-30x" game: each player is given 100 typical memos, letters and records, then must act on every one. What to do for a clerk celebrating her 25th anniversary with the company? (Wise answer: Send her a cake with 25 candles.) What to do with a small company that has just renewed its group insurance? (Wrise answer: Ask its boss to lunch and try to sell him still more insurance...
...into the Kennedy compound at Hyannisport, but this time with a surprise present for a special occasion: Jacqueline Kennedy's 32nd birthday. Labeling the gift a "private matter," White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger was equally reticent about the ensuing family celebration. When buttonholed on whether the birthday cake was bought or donated, Salinger-still slightly burned by the fallout over Jackie's last major social function, at Mount Vernon-smoothly replied: "It was baked...
...Yourself Space Kit salesman shot into orbit with his colleague, Hope, by a mad scientist (Robert Morley) who is trying to conquer space. Dorothy Lamour will remain pretty much on the ground in a brief, nostalgic sarong; Joan (Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!) Collins is the chase cake this time...