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...recognition of his pioneering efforts in raising the standards both of the planning and execution of advertising." His book, Consumer Engineering: A New Technique for Property, will be published this autumn and in future he will devote more time to writing. "Advertising has by no means seen its zenith or done its best work,'' he said last week. "It will be more scientific in the future. . . . All wealth comes from dollars in motion. The only known way to set dollars in motion is by advertising. . . . These are the same people who were enthusiastic customers two years ago. They...
...juxtaposition on the same bill of "Rebound" and "The Magnificent Lie" invites comparison of the work of the respective actresses, one of whom is gaining popularity with each successive production, while the other has patently passed her zenith and is definitely on the wane...
...year ago exactly Herr Bruning came to power comparatively unknown (TIME, April 7, 1930) except as a protege of old Paul von Hindenburg. Last week he stood at the German zenith. He had just put through an unpopular budget against hot opposition, ahead of time. He had forced the niggling Reichstag to dissolve until October. And he had fashioned a sharp spit on which to cook the goose of Adolf Hitler, "the pocket Mussolini...
...they provide a good roosting place for pigeons. Far to the southwest, with binocular to eye, the Vagabond can spot, on clear days, the small American flag which marks the highest piece of steel in the tower of the new Eliot House, a building which he supposes marks the zenith of the Harvard architectural renaissance. In between stretches a weary waste of brick buildings, some particularly pleasing to the eye, some particularly shocking to the taste, and the great majority hopelessly indifferent...
...successfully romantic poet nearly alienates the affections of his wide audience by failing to die young, at the appropriate zenith; finally realizing what is required of him he announces his death, spends the rest of his life in hiding...