Word: louisianians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They were produced by Washington-based Media Maven Ray Strother, a transplanted Louisianian whose previous clients include Democratic Senators Russell Long and Lloyd Bentsen. "I normally do traditional spots, but they would have looked too much like doing," what he the said "Our spots candidates had were to work harder." Each was tailored to a specific audience and strategically aired in time slots close to news, public affairs shows or popular prime-time series. All seven had a rat-a-tat rhythm that sent out an unmistakable message: Hart is a man on the move. "The spots are real, real...
Percy is aware that this forbidding subject requires a light touch. In fact, most readers know the author as the genteel Louisianian who wrote such mournfully charming novels as The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman and Love in the Ruins. But there is also Percy the Dixie Kierkegaard who wrote The Message in the Bottle. That 1975 collection of essays attempted to relieve the ache of self-estrangement by arguing that humankind was the glory of the universe because it was the only known species that used language (as distinguished from the intelligent communication of chimps and dolphins...
...firm's exploration and production division, earning his reputation for expertise in the search for oil and gas. But now, at the top, he spends some 60% of his time on public affairs, explaining energy matters to elected officials, Government regulators and skeptical consumers. The tall, slow-talking Louisianian recently discussed the global quest for new energy sources with TIME Correspondent Robert C. Wurmstedt. Excerpts from the conversation...