Originally developed as oleomargarine, margarine was created by Mège-Mouriès for an 1869 competition the emperor held during the Franco-Prussian war, which had left the country desperately short on ...

The resulting invention was originally named named oleomargarine, from the Latin word oleum (olive oil) and the Greek word ...

Alan Guebert talks of meeting one of the many heroes who never wore capes: Theodore W. Schultz, winner of Nobel Memorial ...

After years of debate, Congress lastweek repealed the 64-year-old federal tax on oleomargarine, effectiveJuly 1. But oleo will still not be easily mistaken for butter; oleosold at retail must be ...

A Nobel prize-winning agricultural economists fight with Iowa farmers over margarine in the 1940s illustrates how markets are ...

In fact, in 1886, the House Judiciary Committee declared that a proposed bill that would have prohibited the sale of oleomargarine was against the original intent of the Framers. The Committee ...

San Francisco-born attorney in the famed oleomargarine case before the U. S. Supreme Court, is now President of the Association of the Bar of New York City. With Paul D. Cravath (see p.

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The almost prayerful early lines of this reverent episodic narrative by the married collaborators (The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine) confer unexpected dignity on its protagonists ...

Using what he termed "scientific business methods," he turned hair, hooves, intestines and fat into brushes, glue, casings, and oleomargarine. Armour's drive to reduce factory waste made him more ...