Word: sloganeers
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...than the U.S. has devoted to post-Katrina work. By early July three-quarters of the Sichuan homeless had been moved into prefabricated shelters, with all the displaced promised permanent housing by 2010. Much of the recovery effort is expressed in the vocabulary of Chinese socialism - a popular government slogan printed on giant red banners reads "Sweat Today for a Beautiful Home Tomorrow." The exhortation echoes China's 30-year economic expansion, which lifted millions of peasants out of poverty. But it also carries with it an implied coda: earthquake survivors can expect a better future, as long as they...
Since Sen. Barack Obama’s win last Tuesday, this modified campaign slogan has graced signs at rallies, g-chat statuses, and more than one newspaper headline. I’m all for clever turns of phrase, but this particular quip reveals a misguided attitude shared by many Obama supporters...
When you go from a primary to a general, you say, "We know what worked in the primary. Will it work in a general election?" There was a nuanced change that we made in our slogan, right before the convention--from "Change you can believe in" to "Change we need." But other than that, our message stayed very consistent...
...send out a satirical “Men for Palin” video that they made and put on YouTube. During a slideshow presentation comparing John McCain’s and Barack Obama’s health care plans, a graphic describes McCain’s position with the slogan, “New Look! Same Great Taste!” The meeting of around 30 members starts at least 15 minutes past the standard seven-minute Harvard grace period...
...commercial pieces, including drawings, paintings and installations, have sold at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the same time, Banksy continues to create the street artwork he's famous for. The Westminster piece depicts a child in a red, hooded sweatshirt on a ladder painting the slogan "One Nation Under CCTV" in large letters, as a U.S.-style police officer with a camera and a dog stand nearby. CCTV is Britain's system of closed-circuit public surveillance cameras. Ironically, Banksy completed the work with an actual CCTV camera overhead. (See pictures of Banksy's secret art show...