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...award-winning ad touts a pair of reinforced rompers by Healthtex, a leading purveyor of juvenile apparel. But the folks who dreamed up the campaign work neither on Madison Avenue nor in the giant agencies of Los Angeles or Chicago. Instead they labor in, of all places, Richmond, Va. Situated among tobacco warehouses and antiques stores, the Martin Agency was once known for regional work, such as its "Virginia is for lovers" campaign. But recently Martin snagged a $55 million account for Saab cars away from a New York City agency; Coca-Cola is another client. Billings...
...Amaru prisoners in exchange for the hostages [WORLD, May 5]. The loss of innocent life was unfortunate, but taking no Tupac Amaru prisoners clearly means there is less motivation for future terrorists to attempt another exchange for jailed comrades. Fujimori has made Peru a safer, saner country. BURT M. RICHMOND Chicago...
...found his model for a new American architecture in the south of France: a Roman temple, the so-called Maison Carree, or Square House, which he felt exemplified the candid virtues of the old Roman state. It became the basis of his design for the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, completed in 1799. It was the first temple-form state building to be erected anywhere in 1,500 years--new because it was old, commemorating the past in the interest of the future, a model for architecture in the new democracy. And he followed it with the greatest...
Truly influential people are very few and as much as centuries apart. They do not appear in annual batches of 25. WILLIAM R. SHIELDS Richmond, Virginia...
...other new BSA officers include: McComma Grayson '00, treasurer; Andwele J. Lewis '98, senior representative; Jason B. Phillips '99, publicity chair; Afrah D. Richmond '98, publications chair; Uche A. Blackstock '99, historian; Lani "Sohani" Holland '99, public-relations chair; Nicole K. Sherwood '00, social and political chair; Mark A. Thompson '98, Harvard Foundation representative, and Peter "Alex" A. Kellogg '99, arts and entertainment chair...