On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Richard Ceraldi-ERC004 wrote:
> I caught this on the Electronic Telegraph April 15 in th eUK News section.
> Is nothing sacred any more? Varity, prince of darkness just doesn't cut it
> for me.
> Richard
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Lights to dim on Lucas's historic name
> By Maurice Weaver
>
> THE name of Lucas, the company whose products have been responsible for
> lighting the way for millions of British cars since the birth of the
> automotive industry, may soon slip into the darkness.
>
> The company's new American masters, the Varity Corporation, said yesterday
> that they were considering a name change as part of a "worldwide identity
> review"....
NO! Say it ain't so, Joe (Lucas)!
The King (of the Road) is dead; long live the King!
"Varity, thy name is Lucas! (With sincere apologies to the Bard of
Stratford-on-Avon).
One has to wonder. Varity doesn't appear to be a word that dictionaries
recognize. The closest I could find quickly was "verity"; that refers to
"the quality or state of being true or real."
I'll miss you, Joe! :-( unless HRH Elizabeth II can order a stay of
execution?
--Andy
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