Word: segments
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...shocking number of different Oscar Goodman bobble-head dolls, and his walls are lined with photos in which he posed with celebrities. He has taken down one with Michael Jackson, but he can't help but show me anyway. Goodman makes me watch a tape of a Tonight Show segment he appears on, and he laughs throughout the piece. Before I leave, he gives me a poker chip with his face...
Quick question: which segment of the U.S. travel market expanded from a $120 million-a-year niche to a $400 million phenomenon from 1992 to 2003? If you're guessing ecotourism or online ticketing, prepare for a surprise. The answer: nude holidays...
...marketing concept called "retailainment." In one version last fall, kids visiting WalMart received Bob the Builder coloring books and could go on a "safety scavenger hunt" that led them to the toy, hardware and infant-and-toddler departments. What's going on? Preschoolers are now considered a "highly marketable segment for certain products," says a recent report by MarketResearch.com Though you probably already know that if you have a toddler in the house. --With reporting by Eric Roston/Washington
...about humor. Ronald Reagan was unfailingly courteous to the people around him, thoughtful to the little guy, the elevator operator, the butler at the White House." George H.W. Bush is calling up memories from his years as Reagan's political mate, Vice President and friend, a huge and profound segment of Bush's crowded adult life. Yet the only Reagan movie he could remember seeing was the football classic Knute Rockne--All American, in which Reagan starred as the legendary George Gipp (the Gipper) of Notre Dame...
...He’s able to encompass so many pursuits: the future doctor, student of ancient Greek poetry, firefighter extraordinaire and unflinching Republican,” Watson says. “There is no segment of his life in which he does not have the drive to excel...