Word: conely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tuesday, Sept. 30 Cleveland (Hershiser 14-6) at New York (Cone...
...need to look forward to attending class or meeting the books on your desk. Instead of grumbling at the tourists who got in your way, you had a little more time to stop and take pictures for them and tell them where to find a good ice cream cone after a long hot tour through campus. You even let them know that one of the coolest (in both senses of the word) places in town to eat your black raspberry cone was by the fountain in front of the Faculty Club...
...Angkor, slowly abandoned under threat of Thai occupation after 1431 but still the chief symbol of Cambodian identity, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world, with its colonnades and giant water reservoirs; its huge, impassive stone faces split by tree roots; its temple mountains and crumbling pine-cone spires. Spreading over some 150 sq. mi., it has excited dithyrambs from visitors ever since the French started going there in the 19th century. "I looked up at those towers rising above me, overgrown with greenery," wrote the novelist Pierre Loti in 1912, "and I suddenly shivered with fear...
...agency hopping is testing the long-held view that a brand can't be built overnight, and needs to be cultivated and nurtured systematically. "A successful brand has a personality and a conversation with consumers," says Steve Goldstein, vice president of marketing for Levi Strauss, which has used Foote, Cone & Belding and a predecessor agency for 65 years. "But if you keep changing the voice of the person talking, it's very hard for consumers to trust a brand...
...there's probably nothing that Warner or anyone else can do about these trends. Strategic philanthropy and cause marketing are hot because they serve business well while raising billions of dollars for worthy causes. It's a classic win-win. A recent survey by Cone Communications and the Roper Group found that 76% of consumers would switch to a corporate brand or product that supports worthy causes, provided that the price and quality were on a par with other goods. That's up from 66% in a 1993 study...