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<text id=89TT0417>
<title>
Feb. 13, 1989: Business Notes:Defense Contractors
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Feb. 13, 1989 James Baker:The Velvet Hammer
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 63
Business Notes
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
A Whiff Of War
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<p> "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," declared Lieut.
Colonel Kilgore in the epic Apocalypse Now. Any deskbound battle
buff who shares that sentiment will find a sensory treat in the
current issue of Armed Forces Journal International, a
Washington-based monthly. BEI Defense Systems, a Fort
Worth-based arms manufacturer (1988 sales: $51 million), has
come up with a novel twist on the aromatic advertisements that
fill consumer magazines. When scratched, the latest ads for its
Hydra-70, a relatively inexpensive rocket ($400 to $800), emit
the odor of burnt cordite, an explosive substance in such
weapons. The ad's tag line: "The Smell of Victory."
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<p> George Coutoumanos, marketing chief for BEI, says he devised
the ad to lure readers away from pictures of glamorous products
like aircraft carriers and jet fighters. Says he: "I just have
a little rocket. I tried to think of a way to get people to read
about it."
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