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Word: bunion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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More people were persuaded to buy the mythical Pro Gro plant fertilizer when the commercial stressed that it contained protein-though protein is of absolutely no help to plants. A bunion remedy, D-Corn, drew more buyer interest when it was touted as having four times as much methylglyoxal as its competition; yet no evidence was offered to support the notion that increasing the amount of methylglyoxal might be in the least beneficial. When Lite Bite Peaches were outweighed on a scale by a rival brand, the consumer panel got the deliberately misleading-but overwhelmingly persuasive-impression that Lite Bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Truth Doesn't Sell | 5/14/1973 | See Source »

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