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Thompson's newcomers include such groups as American Machine & Foundry, the American Gas Association, Rolex watches, a line of Mennen Co. deodorants, talcum and after-shave lotion, and Carte Blanche credit cards. In a joint post-meeting statement, Chairman Norman H. Strouse and President Dan Seymour noted that the No. 1 agency in the U.S. is also assuming global proportions. "We have added new business this year," they said, "in every part of the world." And so they have. Combining Yankee know-how with local offices, the agency will now promote Gillette, Listerine, Singer, De Beers diamonds and Dunlop...
Outboard Dugout. At a wharf in the Tutong River, a Dayak fisherman, the descendant of generations of headhunters, climbs into his primitive dugout canoe, glances at his stainless-steel Rolex wristwatch, yanks the starter cord on his Johnson outboard motor, and whooshes upstream in a spray of foam (in one year alone, more than 1,000 outboard motors were sold in Brunei). Farther along the river, a work crew of tattooed natives mix concrete for the pilings of a new bridge. There is money in their pockets for ice-cold Carlsberg beer, Lucky Strikes and Ronson cigarette lighters...