Word: finnair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Finnair ad, seeking to convince Americans that "great vacations start with flying Finnish," featured a fanciful headline about the invention of the sauna by a Finn who discovered that his wife "loved" being locked in a smokehouse and beaten with birch leaves. Lawyer Karen DeCrow, former president of the National Organization for Women, conceded in a letter to Finnair North American General Manager Leif Lundstrom that the airline had intended only to be funny-but added that wife beating was no laughing matter, either in Finland or the U.S. If Finnair did not drop the ad, said DeCrow, "we women...
Milk campaign sours blacks, Finnair's crashes
...line between what is tasteful and offensive, humorous and insulting in advertising seems, like the line between treason and righteous rebellion, to be largely a matter of timing. Witness a current ad campaign by the California Milk Advisory Board and an aborted one by Finnair, the Finnish airline. The milk ads, which a few years ago might have seemed merely innocuous, are under fire for alleged sexism and racism; the Finnair ad has been withdrawn because of protests that it made light of a subject of growing concern to feminists, judges and others: wife beating...
Despite the hazards that Lufthansa faces daily, it has a safety record comparable to that of U.S. carriers, judged over the years. So do Finnair, Air France and SAS. Americans should also feel safe flying north of the border. Air Canada is considered one of the most professional airlines in business...
...Arriving from Helsinki, a Finnair DC-8 touched down uneventfully on Runway...