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Word: monogram (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Edgar has taken over the main direction of the Kaiser empire. He is putting the finishing touches on a $1,000,000 house for himself on Maunalua Bay. It has a YMCA-size swimming pool, a restaurant-size kitchen, built-in movie equipment and wallpaper covered with the HJK monogram that Kaiser puts on most of his possessions. In true Kaiser style, even his poodles live like kings, with a covered exercise area in their kennel of gold-anodized aluminum, a trophy room, a maternity ward and a beauty salon-all soundproofed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: Henry J.'s Pink Hawaii | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

...built and operated by Schaefer beer; Elsie the Borden cow is the most conspicuous resident of a Midwestern farm; the Bank of New York operates regular banking facilities (the building is ancient, but the interest is modern); the clocks in the Chicago and San Francisco railway stations bear the monogram of the Hamilton Watch Co. Nonetheless, three staunchly anticapitalist preview visitors were impressed; they were reporters from the Soviet Union's Tass news agency. Last week the Kremlin announced plans for a Moscow amusement park-to be called either Wonderland or Pioneer Republic-built on a huge relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECTACLES: Bizneylcmd | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

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