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Word: cockscomb (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...message: "Lease or Buy-Which suits you best?" Then there is the crane standing on one foot in an ad for Boeing Computer Service, which asks: "Looking for stability in computer services?" In an ad for CNA Insurance, a purple piglike monster with yellow wings and an orange cockscomb gobbles up dollars. The headline: "The Money Muncher. Starve it." Computer Communication's ads feature another cash-chewing nightmare: "The money-munching number cruncher." Other zoological promotions include Lee clothing (a lion), Sony (a duck), Bemis Co. (an alligator) and Honeywell (a bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Animal Crackers | 7/26/1971 | See Source »

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