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...book's final chapter concentrates on the current state of boredom. Spacks observes, tellingly, that while a few centuries ago boredom was a term that had no currency, we now live in a society that encourages and produces ad copy like the following: "I gave up chocolates. I gave up espresso. I gave up the Count (that naughty man). And his little house in Cap Ferrat. The Waterman, however, is not negotiable. I must have something thrilling with which to record my boredom." Boredom: A Literary History of a State of Mind tells the interesting and significant story...
...image of polar bears knocking back bottles of Coca-Cola was the most popular television ad campaign in 1994, according to a survey of 20,000 TV viewers. The bears, also a popular stuffed toy last Christmas, were the brainchild of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency, the top talent shop that took a piece of the Coke business from longtime agency McCann-Erickson...
...Undergraduate Council sources saidyesterday that the girl's complaint will not besettled in the confines of Jewett's office butrather will be investigated by the Ad Board...
When asked about the Ad Board case, Hrniceksaid that Jewett had asked him and members of theCOCL, not to talk about the matter...
...really late in the semester already," thesource said. "It would require finding anotherfaculty advisor as well as resolving the casethat's going to the Ad Board, and I just don't seethat happening this semester...