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...from the street, only to discard it minutes later after detecting its stench, then drive off, leaving viewers with this message about the car: "It fits your life or the complete lack thereof." The spot breathed new life into its sound-track song, a 1982 release by the now defunct German band Trio. It also created bumper-to-bumper parodies that replicated the ad down to the most minute detail, with everyone from Jay Leno to Bill Gates taking a joyride in a Golf...
Ironically enough--or, alternatively, in a telling political move--the focus of the same Republican Senate has been the swirl of alleged campaign finance scandals that surround President Clinton. While our representatives are unwilling to reform the patently defunct rules governing campaign finance, they are overwhelmingly interested in 1-3 minute videotapes of the President drinking coffee...
...after pushing the now-defunct campaign finance reform bill, President Clinton heads out to raise millions in soft money (TIME Daily...
Smith is former chair of the now-defunct Gay and Lesbian Network...
...Martha is the latest example of how consumers have forced retailers to deliver more value in terms of quality and class to the mass end of the market. A low price isn't everything, as a dozen now defunct or bankrupt discounters (Jamesway and Caldor, to name a couple) can tell you. The value trend also shows up in the success of retailers such as Gap's Old Navy Clothing and every outlet store you can think of. No one is going to mistake K Mart for Neiman Marcus, but K Mart can no longer draw shoppers with cheap...