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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...purpose of this series is simply to give as many people as possible more information about the way advertising works in the public interest. It is running now because the present period of increased sales activity seemed to be an appropriate time for advocating a fresh understanding of advertising's role in the U.S. economy. The advertisements in this series, which have been prepared by the Benton & Bowles agency, present six typical ways in which advertising helped to "create the demand that boosts the production that lowers the cost." Many other examples might have been used; many other facts...
...property, which one M-G-Magnate has spaciously valued at "$50,000,000, maybe even $100,000,000." Elizabeth herself makes only $1,000 a week, which is raisins to the plums she should soon be getting. Next year her salary goes up to $1,500 under the present contract, which has three years to run. Bonuses may add to her take...
...possible that present-day art has little esthetic value; but he who sees in it only a caprice may be very sure indeed that he has not understood either the new art or the old. Evolution has conducted painting-and art in general-inexorably, fatally, to what it is today...
...sphere of influence-Prague and Warsaw-may not be filled. Said one Vatican spokesman: "It would be humiliating for the Holy See if those governments delayed or refused exit permits, as they did to Mindszenty, even though it is not absolutely necessary for a newly created cardinal to be present at the consistory." In the particular case of Prague's Archbishop Beran, some Catholic authorities fear that the Communist government would consider his elevation a provocative act, and retaliate by attacking...
Triple Play. The Italian venture is the most spectacular example of Coca-Cola's profitable global expansion. With more than 370 bottlers operating outside the U.S. at present, the company intends to triple that number within five years...