But even as those publications folded, American Magazine was collecting money from Bayer, Levi Strauss, GlaxoSmithKline, Hampton Inn, Singer Sewing Co.

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Collective penalties would later be adopted by salesmen and companies like Singer Sewing Company to encourage workers to police one another.

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Which reminds me of a story Oscar de la Renta once told me about Daisy Fellowes, the stylish Singer sewing machine heiress.

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Bourne , president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, in Alexandria, N.

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The Spanish Revival-style three-story main house was constructed in 1920 by Dr. Franklin Atwood Park , chief executive of Singer Sewing Machine at the time.

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For shoppers, it's an adventure: Among the 15, 000 to 20, 000 items stocked by the average store, you might find Singer sewing machines and Harry Potter T shirts one week, slot machines and wedding gowns the next.

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Stitch is decorated with Singer machines and sewing patterns, while Mojo Record Bar, occupying space next to a record shop, keeps true to its cool, rock vibe with album covers lining the bar.

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From that point on the government seemed to just want to get rid of the models, moving them into storage, sending some back to their owners and allowing the Smithsonian to take some important ones--Isaac Singer's sewing machine, for example, and Samuel Colt's revolver.

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