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This company spread its motto of “quality, and quality, and quality” by launching one of the first-ever magazine ad campaigns in 1907. This company was bought in the 1960s by Castle & Cooke and merged with a similar firm run by the Vaccaro brothers. In the 1920s, this company sponsored a Pacific air race that had only two survivors and bought an entire island full of cattle-grazing paniolos (-5[1])to serve as a plantation. The family that names this firm included a lawyer who was made governor by the Newlands Resolution. This firm’s founder, (10[1])James, had a cousin who led a committee to draft the Bayonet (10[1])Constitution (10[2])and overthrew queen Lili‘uokalani (10[1])to (10[1])become the first President (10[1])of Hawaii. For 10 points, (10[1])name this fruit company with a sun in its logo, known for its pineapples. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Dole plc [or Dole Fruit Company; or Hawaiian Fruit Company; accept James Dole or Sanford Dole; prompt on Standard Fruit Company; reject “United Fruit Company”]
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Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)UNC C (UG)67-5
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Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)UNC A (Grad)10410
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Liberty B (DII)10510
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