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...tell for it, Mr. Howe. The cardinal rule of advertising to get the person's attention. It doesn't matter how. The ad can be distasteful, like Burger King Kiddies' "na na na na na" jingle about their victory in some taste-test, or fantastic and sex filled, like the Edge ad. Remember that this ad appeared in a Newsweek supplement distributed solely to college students. It was targeted for you and it worked...
...money in other parts of his realm. He has offered about $400 million, or , $40 a share, for the 63% of National Can that he does not already own. The company and its employees are also offering a $40-a-share price for a majority of the Na- tional Can stock in an effort to keep from becoming Posner's next possession...
Just the cadence of their names--Dan Ma-ri-no, Joe Mon-ta-na--the similarity of their bearing and stock--Pennsylvania grimy--the disparity of their builds and sun coasts--Miami and San Francisco--the level of their confidence, the quality of their arrogance, even the way they can make hair curl up under helmets and stand up on necks suggested a confrontation was coming one day. If all of the National Football League quarterbacks were ringed in a battle royal, wouldn't these two be the ones left standing at the end? That roughly describes the process...
...economy did not slow visibly until the end of the campaign, and even now the significance of that slow down is debatable. The Soviets, seemingly immobilized by yet another change in Kremlin leadership, did not provoke any major incidents. And the glorious Olympics worked for Reagan: it intensified na tional pride and gave birth to the chant of "U.S.A." that later resounded through Republican rallies...
Stone worked out his ideas during World War II, and later pioneered a na tional accounting system that continues to provide a framework for countries around the world. As assistants of John Maynard Keynes, Stone and 1977 Nobel Laureate James Meade helped prepare a wartime study that organized mountains of data into a profile of the British economy. That herculean task enabled the country's leaders to assess accurately its resources...