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Word: myrrh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...fastest-growing part of its business is industrial (e.g., nearly every package of Life Savers sold has a 5-in. Chicago Printed String tear-open tape), the company is developing new wrappings to titillate the giver. Sometimes they miss: last year a fancy line called "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh" hardly sold at all. This year the company put on sale the first laminated plastic wrappers. Sandwiched between the two-ply plastic films are pressed feathers, leaves, glittering sequins and colored confetti. A single sheet, 20 in. by 26 in., costs $1. Chicago Printed String was astonished when not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Fit to Be Tied | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

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