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...have been the most intense national security information campaign since President Kennedy went public with graphic documentation of the Cuban missile threat 20 years ago. The purpose of the blitz was to convince skeptics of the correctness of the Administration's approach to the critical problems of El Salvador and its neighbors-namely, that the struggles in Central America are not simply indigenous revolts but rather are crucial battlegrounds in a broad East-West confrontation...
...most important innovation from Kodak since the Instamatic cartridge cameras of almost 20 years ago that caused a huge jump in the number of pictures taken by the average snap-shooter. Convinced that it has something to shout about, the company will push a $100 million ad blitz aimed at hitting 95% of the U.S. adult population at least 18 times by next Christmas...
...gown to hide his bulging stomach . . . playing this part of a crochety old character rather deaf, cupping his ear - 'feller's a bit of a Socialist I suspect.' Amusing for about a quarter of an hour." Here is Graham Greene delighted when a bomb from the blitz hits his house, symbolizing not only the end of his estate, but of his marriage; Arthur Koestler, "all antennae and no head," and Novelist Rose Macaulay "looking immensely aged, everything about her having diminished except her false teeth...
...some Angels are less reluctant to acknowledge troubles. Admits Rahni Fiduccia of Chicago: "Most applicants think the Guardian Angels are a glorified Bruce Lee squad and they just want to go out there and smash heads." Says Boston Chapter Leader Susan Piver: "The idea should never have been to blitz Boston. We are limited by manpower and we are limited by funds." Growing pains are inevitable, but if the Guardian Angels fall short on their promises, they will undermine their potential effectiveness. Says Piver: "We've got to build from the ground up and that takes time...
...almighty quantities of advertising time to the makers of home video games. During the pre-Christmas buying frenzy, George Plimpton and that anonymous smug kid argued between halves of everything except the disarmament talks over whether the viewer should spend his last dollar on Atari or Intellivision. The commercial blitz paid off for all of the home console manufacturers. Mattel shipped more than 600,000 Intellivision units, a 300% rise from 1980. And Atari's Chairman, Raymond E. Kassar, said sales were "a magnitude beyond" earlier figures. Said he: "We all go to bed dreaming we'll have the kind...