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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fact is, the ad was chock-full of sugar-coated truth, half-truths and outright untruths. But don't take my word for it--a council member told me that the ad was "the biggest load of horseshit I've ever seen...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Lies, Damned Lies, Council Ads | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

Undoubtedly, you've been able to absorb some of the ambiance of this great institution we call home in the short while you've been here. And, just as assuredly, you've been given tons of advice--from proctors, from advisers, from friends and relatives, ad nauseam. You've probably even heard some of the darker secrets about Fair Harvard. Here's your chance to hear...

Author: By Rob Greenstein, | Title: Cope With the Egos | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...hottest buzz word on Madison Avenue is fast becoming perestroika. The latest sign of Soviet chic: Moscow unveiled an ad campaign last week to lure U.S. business travelers onto Aeroflot, the national airline. Created by Miami's Kelley Swofford Inc., the ads tempt Americans with "perestroika perks" ranging from complimentary nights in a Moscow hotel to a free Mont Blanc pen "to sign your deal with the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST TRADE: Coffee, Tea Or Vodka? | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...dozen or so other movies have hawked everything from candy bars (Moonstruck, Dirty Dancing) to Jeeps (Platoon). Though the just released cassette of Rain Man sells for no less than $89.95, its distributors, capitalizing on the vintage Buick that is featured in the film, put in an ad for -- you guessed it -- Buick. The otherwise splendid new release of The Wizard of Oz starts off with a one-minute Downy commercial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hoots And Howls at Ads | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...mystery. Procter & Gamble, the company that makes Downy, will spend $8.5 million to advertise The Wizard of Oz tape. Yet, according to two surveys, at least two-thirds, and perhaps as many as nine-tenths, of all viewers push the fast-forward button when they spot an ad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hoots And Howls at Ads | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

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