Word: placed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wells, Rich, Greene got the account in 1967, when Menley & James, which also makes Contac cold capsules, wanted a place in the $2 billion-a-year cosmetics market. At first, the company considered acquiring an existing cosmetics firm. President Peter Godfrey, who knew the then Mary Wells only by reputation, solicited her advice. Counseled Mary: "Don't buy a going concern. You'll get stuck with its image...
...interest in the film, and is consequently treating it with tender, loving indifference. In many cities, Night is opening in second-run houses with a minimum of publicity, thus practically guaranteeing that it will be seen mostly by popcorn addicts, teenagers on dates and those looking for a cozy place to sleep. But diligent moviegoers who do manage to search out Night will be rewarded by a keenly conducted seminar in the poetics of psychological terror, with up-to-date touches of sadism...
...mystery, and I believe he is a mystery to himself." Lincoln, when asked what sort of man Grant was, replied: "He's the quietest little fellow you ever saw." Then the President added: "The only evidence you have that he's in any place is that he makes things git! Wherever he is, things move...
Congratulations and Condolences. Like instant coffee, instant history can be remarkably palatable. Goldman's pronouncements about Johnson (that he was a tragic failure, "an extraordinarily gifted President who was the wrong man from the wrong place at the wrong time under the wrong circumstances") may suffer from myopia, but his book is stuffed with tangy anecdotes. Most of them hardly come out sounding like Hail to the Chief; yet they shade and amplify Johnson's enigmatic image in ways alternately provoking and satisfying...
...last week's NCAA, he went in ranked seventh and came out with third and an All-America rating. His third place put was especially remarkable considering the severe cold and bloody nose he had at the time. This year, he is in good health and is ranked fourth...