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...plague that appeared in 1980 in California (all 185 people who were exposed to the victim were inoculated six hours after the disease was confirmed). After completing their two years, EIS graduates are given a prized emblem of their craft: a key chain with a tiny metal keg of Watney's Red Barrel Beer, served at the John Snow Pub on the site of the infamous water pump in London...
...developing a taste for bagels, but once kosher menus now feature bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potatoes). The Miami News has added a "News from Britain" section and has slapped the British ensign on its vending machines. Dart boards are sprouting like bougainvillea. Rivers of Guinness and Watney's pour through the bars, which are turning into pubs, with additional barmen (and barmaids) to distribute the flood. On sweltering summer days, when the locals huddle around air conditioners, only mad dogs and Englishmen fill the streets and beaches...
...leisure industries, hotels and real estate, the last of which saddled Rank with a $380 million development program at the moment the bottom fell out of the British real estate market in 1973. He also angered American shareholders by making an abortive bid to buy a British brewing company, Watney Mann, without telling them about it. Having no other way to protest, the Americans began selling their stock; they were annoyed not only because they were not consulted on a major corporate move but also because Davis' heavy borrowings for expansion were diluting profits. Last year, for example, Rank...
...tampering with English beer." Little does he know. English beer, along with European brews, is already the subject of an EEC investigation to determine whether additives like stabilizers (used to prevent frothing during shipment) should be allowed. If the decision is no, Whitbread's, Bass and Watney's could also be banned from the Common Market...
There is hardly any way that his Grand Met shareholders can lose in the struggle for Watney's, even if management fights off the takeover bid. Grand Met already owns 10% of the brewer's shares and their price has soared during the fight. Says one of Joseph's old business adversaries: "That's our Max. Even if he loses, he always collects a consolation prize...