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Peta Returns to a Familiar Theme, Below the Belt
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Peta Returns to a Familiar Theme, Below the Belt

In the long history of advertising claims that stretch credulity, few categories have proved as durable as those involving male performance. Peta, the animal welfare organization, is now entering this arena with a campaign that makes the case for veganism in terms that would have made the old Enzyte commercials blush. The three 30-second spots, created by the agency

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The Jug Problem Arrives on Madison Avenue
Advertising

The Jug Problem Arrives on Madison Avenue

Martin Heidegger, the German philosopher, spent an unusual amount of time thinking about jugs. He called them the "thingiest of things" and returned

A Mother's Day Without the Minivan
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A Mother's Day Without the Minivan

The calendar, as always, presented marketers with a familiar challenge: how to say something about motherhood that has not already been said approximately four billion