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The Great Soft-Drink Shoot-out
Seven-Up is betting $40 million that it can run the colas out of town
March
27
1979
Philip Taubman
Robert Grossman
The Great Soft-Drink Shoot-out
Philip Taubman
March
27
1979
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The Great Soft-Drink Shoot-out
Seven-Up is betting $40 million that it can run the colas out of town
March
27
1979
Philip Taubman
Robert Grossman
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