Word: madison
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...chairman of J. Walter Thompson, the fifth largest advertising agency in the U.S., Joseph O'Donnell was one of Madison Avenue's golden boys. During his ten years at the agency, he had raced ever upward through the ranks. At the start of the year O'Donnell at 44 had defeated several rivals to become the chief at Thompson and the heir apparent to Don Johnston, the 59-year-old chairman of the J.W.T. Group, the holding company (estimated 1986 sales: $650 million) that owns the ad agency. Further triumphs seemed assured...
...will range from the scholarly to the silly. "Harmless history lessons" is how Stein describes We the People's program. In September Philadelphia will stage a re-enactment of the signing of the Constitution, with celebrities (still unnamed) playing the parts of the more prominent signers: George Washington, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin. The city will also re-create in its streets the grand parade that followed the original signing, "updated," says Rovsek, with 50 floats designed by contemporary artists like Peter...
...continues, "James Madison, among others, believed that the new government `would be more stable and durable if it should rest on the solid foundation of the people.' Madison's confidence in the virtues of democracy prevailed in the convention...
...computer to dial Falwell every 30 seconds. Before Southern Bell stepped in, the stunt cost Falwell $750,000. Then it was homosexual periodicals egging on readers to act against Falwell, an enemy of gay liberation. Late last year the Daily Cardinal student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, ran a column advocating "telephone terrorism" and listed the 800 numbers of several targets, including Falwell...
...medical establishment may still draw its primary inspiration from the Hippocratic oath, but many hospitals are taking a few lessons from Madison Avenue. Items...