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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Asia's enduring insurgency problems is the feud between the guerrillas of the Hukbong Mapagpalayang Bayan* and the Philippine government. For more than two decades, the Huks have been active in what is commonly called "Huklandia," an area in Central Luzon where social and economic ills create a fertile breeding ground for discontent. At the height of the insurgency in 1950-51, the Huks had an estimated 20,000 well-organized men under arms. A concerted government drive led by the late Ramon Magsaysay, then Defense Secretary, whittled that number down drastically, but did not succeed in stamping...
...became more direct. One part of her copy had rather shyly allowed that Pristeen is for "the most girl part of you." Later on, when the research results came in, she edited that to "the most girl part of you-the vaginal area...
...group of male copywriters went to work, but their efforts did not quite capture the right girl-to-girl tone. The agency then turned to Peggy Prag, a late-thirtyish creative supervisor who spent six months devising the current approach. Though she found that she could "discuss the vaginal area just like automobiles or detergents" in agency conferences, her own copy clung to euphemisms, at least at first. Market research, including a nationwide survey of 1,200 women, showed that customers care little for the coy approach. As Copywriter Prag puts it: "Women interviewed said, 'Just...
...some others bailed out their fellow Greek immigrant by taking a financial interest in the line. By 1960, Stephanidis had died unexpectedly, the others had sold out, and Skouras wound up as Prudential's sole owner. His son, bored with running a string of 75 New York-area theaters, decided to try his hand at directing the line...
...into the classroom cannot be condoned. Dr. Breuning's willingness to seek a positive solution, and the students' willingness to discuss their disagreement in good faith have substantially mollified the impact of the original event. The incident has served to elicit a clear statement of University policy in an area of fundamental importance which can now serve as a guideline to all members of the Harvard community should further events of a similar nature ever arise...