Word: adman
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...over; the minor hedonistic revolution that was to take good food seriously, as something worth spending time and effort on, was just beginning. And for those who cared, or wanted to learn, Le Pavilion became the standard of excellence. "Soule was the last link with the classic tradition," says Adman David Ogilvy, a onetime chef himself. "Le Pavilion was an institution, not a restaurant. It was the Louvre...
Sari to Go. Most of the exhibitors would like to sell just about everything, intend to offer their goods either at auction or for a fixed or negotiated price. There are so many possibilities for the general public that a New York City adman, George E. Porcell, 25, has put together an 80-page catalogue of merchandise, already has orders for 8,000 copies at $2 each. For art collectors, the Spanish pavilion has listed a 47-inch, 16th century painted wood sculpture of the Virgin for $11,590, and the Philippine pavilion is offering to the highest bidder twelve...
...shots, Dave and Barbara have also taken a walk in the snow on a deserted road, gone horseback-riding at an all-but-deserted dude ranch. Talked Things Over in a deserted bus, and dashed across some deserted sand dunes, only to be run to earth by the evil adman in a deserted summer resort. It all lurches to a halt with Model Ferris on her way back to plugging meat and the Five on their way to Nowheresville...
...fact, what appears to have occupied most of his energy during the last decade is not novel writing but a messianic effort at transmogrifying the entire U.S.-society, psyches, applecarts and all. That this is the business of a holy man, or an adman, does not deter him. Mailer yearns to be hip, but he is inescapably square. For only a born square would preach the way he does. That is what is exasperating, touching, and ultimately tedious about...
...part, the tobacco industry adopted an advertising code that forbids associating cigarettes with sex appeal, social charm or manliness. But this was not enough for Emerson Foote, an ex-adman who made a fortune out of peddling cigarettes before he changed sides and began to crusade against smoking with a convert's zeal. Incredibly, he urged the tobacco companies to stop advertising altogether. Foote has just moved in as chairman of the Interagency Council...