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.... The more obviously fake it is, the more ludicrous and grotesque the entire soap-opera posturing is; the more they love it. They are in love with... ...jobs like working for Niemen Marcus, or getting huge salaries as bit actors on soap THE PATH OF SPLITNESS Chapter Six A: Civilization The Effect ... ...simply too much of a risk to take. But people are mindlessly loyal to their brands and tastes… As Coca Cola found out when they tried to change t... ...formula for their product: customers simply stopped buying it and bought other brands. Until they brought the same old beverage back and renamed it:... ...me identical labyrinth-pattern design. Huh? You mean if you glue a bar of soap to a dog, or glue a piece of wood to your nose: it means the same ... ...ing to overpower all of the other capitalistic superpowers with an even worse brands of military dictatorship than the West supported… The result is... ... powerful, more ferocious etc. Today people wear t-shirts advertising company brands for free. Try finding a t-shirt without a consumer brand, or n... ...ow you their true face. This is precisely the level of human corruption most Soap Operas mimic. This is precisely what most literature and fiction... ...come even more unhappy than the majority of consumers. The boring idiocy of soap operas is based upon an endless tearing away of secrets, and lies,...

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... Wiebe (1952): "Why can't you sell brotherhood and rational thinking like you sell soap?" There does not seem to be much difference between Dewey's... ...ative offerings vying for the consumer's time and attention, beyond just competing brands. To fabricate what may be a farfetched illustration, Gene... ...epts: In the marketing context, it is very difficult to define the attributes of brands that give rise to differences in the worth of those brands... ...product positioning involves the following: a) Determining just what the competing brands are. They could be other brands of the same class, or they... ...he new product. create favorable association. and encourage "switching" from other brands of manpower sources. Copy strategy is to emphasize freedom... ...switching"? Attitude ( or habit) change occurs in individuals whether they change brands, quantities purchased, preconceived ideas, or voting prefer... ...unications in Non-Business Situations-Or Why It's So Hard to Sell Brotherhood Like Soap." Journal of Marketing 43, 11-20. -----. 1978. "Political Ad...

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...ccessive Vertical Oligopolies", that authors studied: "An oligopoly model with two brands. Each downstream firm chooses one brand to sell on a fina... ...t for the other brand at an extra cost. (They concluded that) when more downstream brands choose one brand, more upstream firms will specialize in ... ...conomic efficiency." Differential pricing is also the outcome of globalization. As brands become ubiquitous and as the information superhighway ren... ... the outcomes of kinship, ethnic origin, personal standing and goodwill, corporate brands and other data generated by individuals, households, and ... ...ators, entrepreneurs, non- conformism and conflict. They spew out patents, designs, brands, copyrighted material and other forms of packaged human c... ...gion's derelict economies and destitute people to the kitschy glamour of the tacky soap operas that flooded their television screens. Bedazzled by ...

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...ery, their small capitalistic ventures with large levels of greed, and their soap opera, small-life concerns; but she could not conceptualize why thei... ...d the two of them; and they sank into a soothing bubble bath. Gabriele made soap castles for her son, and smacked top stories off of them, which caus... ...New York State to have germless plates. Yours also have an extra coating of soap on them to kill any forthcoming germs that might land upon them. Tha... ...it, she knew better than to forsake it. She had her distasteful coffee in a soapy cup, and once it was drunk she was pleased that by her compassiona... .... "You thought you would put a smart one on me. Hide it behind the laundry soap when I'm not looking. Nothing gets by me." On their way home throug... ...rs for stability so they clung to the same sets of branches and ate the same brands of bananas, made sacrosanct rules for themselves like never defeca... ...his eyes from staring at her breasts by asking him to show her his different brands of marijuana. She thought of Nathaniel to clog her urging to be i...

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...credible? In the "brick and mortar" world, credibility is associated with brands. A brand, in effect, guarantees the quality and specifications of a... ...e and commitment to customer care (Amazon), variety, or price (Wal-Mart). Brands are sustained and enhanced by advertising campaigns. The content or... ...e to stay) to spend millions on advertising". The Internet has very few brands (Yahoo!, Amazon) - and some of them are tarnished. Some "old media"... ...rands (Yahoo!, Amazon) - and some of them are tarnished. Some "old media" brands have entered the fray (Barnes and Noble, The Wall Street Journal, th... ...now expired: 1. The Wright-Brothers' airplane and blueprints. 2. A dozen brands of early automobiles. 3. Everything Edison invented until he was ne... ...y violent means; the fare served by the media now consists exclusively of soap operas and reality TV shows; Reading is on terminal decline; with few... ...The fare served by the electronic media everywhere now consists largely of soap operas, interminable sports events, and reality TV shows. True, niche...

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...s two things. It saves consumers time. We have good reason to believe that a soap that says “Ivory” or a tub of ice cream that says “Häagen-Dazs” will... ...azs” will be made by the same manufacturer that made the last batch of Ivory soap or Häagen- Dazs ice cream. If we liked the good before and we see th... ...e the symbol again, we know what we are getting. I can work out what kind of soap, ice cream, or car I like, and then just look for the appropriate si... ...rely on the meaning and the stability of the logos that surround them. Ivory soap will always mean Ivory soap and Coke will mean Coke, at least until ... ...ction but relies heavily on the trademarks accorded to favored designers and brands. There are “knockoffs” of Armani or Balenciaga, but the wealthy st...

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...and a jug of water and a slop-pail of tin, and, further, a piece of yellow soap in a tray, a tooth-brush, a rat-tailed shaving brush, one huckaback to... ...tic discord; pill vendors and preachers, theaters and charities, marvelous soaps and astonishing pickles, type- writing machines and sewing machines, ... ...t last the clowning of the booth opened and revealed—hunger and suffering, brands burning and swords and shame… . These men had come to fame and power...

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... who when the bomb burst beside him, snatched up a shred of it, introduced soap and lather into it, crying, “Voila mon plat a barbe, My new shaving-di... ...Deputa- tion of Washerwomen with Petition; complaining that not so much as soap could be had; to say nothing of bread, and condiments of bread. The cr... ... the Salle de Manege, was heard plaintive: “Du pain et du savon, Bread and Soap.” (Moniteur &c. (Hist. Parl. xxiv. 332-348.) And now from six o’clock,... ...ing it out at a just rate of eleven-pence a pound; likewise coffee-chests, soap-chests, nay cinnamon and cloves-chests, with aquavitae and other forms... ...lution - V olume Three and sorrow and sin flee away? Not bread to eat, nor soap to wish with; and the reign of perfect Felicity ready to arrive, due a... ...r- vest. By the hundred and the thousand, men’s lives are cropt; cast like brands into the burning. Marseilles is taken, and put under martial law: lo...

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...s marked for such a creature. There were some whom it was good to pity and well (though very likely useless) to pray for; they were named reprobates, ... ...a queer thing, I think, if I was to clamjamfry up your faither’s house – that I should say it! – wi’ a dirty, black- a-vised clan, no ane o’ them it w... ...izzie; but it’s no a thing to make a practice o’.” In the breasts of her rivals, coming to the kirk very conscious of white under-linen, and their fac...

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... carv ings, were well enough, but that was the stopping place. There was no soap, no matches, no looking glass — except a metal one, about as powerf... ...s Court Mark Twain 76 and I mean your best, too, society’s very choicest brands. The humblest hello girl along ten thousand miles of wire could te... ...t fulness when I got nearer and read this sign on his tabard: “Persimmon’s Soap — All the Prime Donna Use It.” That was a little idea of my own, and... ...thur’s Court Mark Twain 83 and then explain to the lords and ladies what soap was; and if the lords and ladies were afraid of it, get them to try ... ...at no experi ment, however desperate. that could convince the nobility that soap was harmless; if any final doubt remained, he must catch a hermit — ... ...n he got well they swore him to go and get a bulletin board and disseminate soap and civilization the rest of his days. As a consequence the work er...

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...dresser full of china, and the peculiar smell of yeast and coffee and soft-soap that 40 Summer she had always hated, but that now seemed the very sym... ... a wonder what a size he is?” North Dormer had treasures of indulgence for brands in the burning, but only derision for those who succeeded in getting...

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...face bathed in hot tears. “You have cast into my soul, in one moment, more brands than I have tears to quench. Yes, the life I live would justify 16 ... ...presented by a jug of water with a towel laid upon it, and a bit of common soap. T wo ancient hats hung to their respective nails, near which also hun...

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...dly quantity of peat, which was crumbling to white ashes among the burning brands, and incensed the kitchen with its not ungrateful fragrance. The exu... ...caused the latter to vanish as abruptly as when you thrust a finger into a soap bubble. “Halloo, friend!” cried this most unseasonable voice. “Stop a ...

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...vingly as a mother might; and so, with a parting caress, left him and sat down by the fire, and began to poke the brands about in an ab- sent and aiml... ...term for a sore, artifi- cially created. To make a clime, the operator made a paste or poultice of unslaked lime, soap, and the rust of old iron, and ...

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...gs were affixed to the wall over the washstand. There was a smell of cheap soap and of ancient hair-oil in the air. “That’s a single bed,” said Trina,... ...fect, her head on one side. She polished the gold pieces with a mixture of soap and ashes until they shone, wiping them carefully on her apron. Or, ag... ...g her beautiful gold pieces that she had been at such pains to polish with soap and ashes. The thought filled her with an unspeakable anguish. She wou... ...om. She was down on her hands and knees in the midst of a steaming muck of soapy water. On her feet were a pair of man’s shoes fastened with buckles; ... ...in the Panamint.” “Just going down for a rodeo in the Panamint.” “Panamint brands.” “Has a range down in the Panamint.” Then by and by the remark, “Ho...

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... and sombre library, with no other light than was afforded by the decaying brands on its ponderous and ample hearth, he would exercise for hours that ... ...ed, by a plentiful application of spring water, with a quantum sufficit of soap, The whole scene was depress- ing; for it argued, at the first glance,... ... round him; but all was still solitary. If it had not been for the decayed brands of the fire, now sunk into grey ashes, and the remnants of the festi... ...—”Better an old woman with a purse in her hand, than three men with belted brands?”’ Then, turning to the company, he proposed the ‘Health of Captain ... ...g. The ruthless proscription of party seems to degrade the victims whom it brands, however unjustly. But let us hope that a brighter day is approachin...

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...d out of airy matter, when, at every moment, the impal pable beauty of my soap bubble was broken by the rude con tact of some actual circumstance. T... ...the pang of it will be always in her heart.” “What do we talk of marks and brands, whether on the bodice of her gown or the flesh of her forehead?” cr...

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...it out with, six square inches of looking glass, two ditto ditto of yellow soap, a comb and brush for the head, and nothing for the teeth. Everybody u... ...shed flesh, and missing teeth, and lacerated backs, and bites of dogs, and brands of red hot irons innumerable: but as my readers will be sufficiently...

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...and hall, and finding the fountain in the midst of the court, produced his soap and comb from his pocket, and made his morning toilet in the open air ... ... a good hour or two longer, and it behoves me to ken how she cam by yonder brands.” “She had them when she came to us,” said Susan. “Ye’ll no persuade... ...- band, all will soon out—Mistress Kennedy and Master Gorion have seen the brands on the child’s shoulders. It is my belief that she of the ‘beads and... ... heard the answer from Jean’s bed, “Hout no, I wad she knew nought of thae brands. How should she?” “Nay,” said Cicely, “she—no, it was Tibbott the hu...

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... less generous, he would oppress, He would chain me, upbraid me, burn deep brands for hate, Than with this mask of freedom and gorgeousness Bespangle ... ...vicarage. XIV The tightness of a hempen rope Their bodies got; but laundry soap Not handsomer can rub the skin For token of the washed within. Occasio...

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..., inflicted a merciless, but happily brief scrub on my face and hands with soap, water, and a coarse towel; disciplined my head with a bristly brush, ... ...impression her injustice seems to have made on your heart! No ill-usage so brands its record on my feelings. Would you not be happier if you tried to ...

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...thed hair that had the gloss of black briony leaves, and eyes like burning brands in a cave; while T racy’s hair was red as blown flame, with eyes of ... ... the dust and cobwebs in the passage. Having rubbed his hands briskly with soap, he dipped his head likewise, in an oblivious fit, and then turning ro...

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...urgation ’— ‘A draught of water from the valley of Baca’— ‘Foxes and fire- brands’—what gear call you this, maiden?” “Nay, madam,” said Janet, “it was... ...me; and I can pity this ambitious man, as I could a child, whose bubble of soap has burst be- tween his hands. We go to the presence-chamber.—My Lord ...

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... and setting fire 298 V olume Two to it, burnt it on them. Then they took brands from the pile, and ran some to fire the houses of the conspirators, ... ... sum, he ordered it to be given to Lamia and the rest of his women, to buy soap. The loss, which was bad enough, was less galling than the shame, and ... ...tude, flocking in some from one part and some from an- other, snatched the brands that were half burnt out of the pile, and ran about the city to fire...

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...d put a rebrand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on re, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, an... ... vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. 23 How ca... ... stand when he appeareth? for he is like a re ner’s re, and like fullers’ soap: 3 And he shall sit as a re ner and puri er of silver: and he shall pu...

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...m the insufferable glare, thrust in huge logs of oak, or stirred the immense brands with a long pole. Within the furnace were seen the curling and rio... ...grees of bodily labor, till at last, to adopt his own phrase, he slid into a soap vat. In other words, Giles was now a soap boiler, in a small way. He... ...ed very loudly; and one of the barbers, whose razor was descending on a well soaped chin, and another who was dressing a Ramillies wig, left their occ...

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...seated them- selves at table. ‘Appliances are to be found in this hotel.’ ‘Soap?’ said Lord Fleetwood. ‘Soap—at least, in my chamber.’ ‘Fetch it, plea... ... handbasin and towel. ‘We’re off directly and must eat at once,’ he said. ‘Soap—soap! my dear Fleetwood,’ Sir Meeson knuckled on the table, to impress... ...fingers, if they were to sit at one board. ‘Let the waiter fetch it.’ ‘The soap is in my portmanteau.’ ‘You spoke of it as a necessity for this gentle... ...s affecting the excessively obsequious when he came back bearing his metal soap-case. The performance was checked by another look solid as shot, and a... ...itch, Lady Cowry , kindled at her. Again there were flights of the burning brands over London. The very odd marriage; the no-marriage; the two-ends-of...

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... over the lake. Getting up some time after midnight to collect the scattered brands together, while my companions were sound asleep, I observed, partl... ...e looked like washing day at home. The Indian, taking the hint, borrowed the soap, and walking into the lake, washed his The Allegash and East Branch... ...acket, rigged; matches (some also in a small vial in the waist coat pocket); soap, two pieces; large knife and iron spoon (for all); three or four old...

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...e thought about. Martingales, Chiffney bits, boots; where you got the best soap, the best brandy, the name of the chap who rode a plater down the Khyb... ...f the church. It is not the law of the land… .” “Oh yes,” Nancy said, “the Brands are Protestants.” She felt a sudden safeness descend upon her, and f...

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... who when the bomb burst beside him, snatched up a shred of it, introduced soap and lather into it, crying, “Voila mon plat a barbe, My new shaving-di... ...a Deputation of Washerwomen with Petition; complaining that not so much as soap could be had; to say nothing of bread, and condiments of bread. The cr... ... the Salle de Manege, was heard plaintive: “Du pain et du savon, Bread and Soap.” (Moniteur &c. (Hist. Parl. xxiv. 332-348.) And now from six o’clock,... ...g it out at a just rate of eleven-pence a pound; likewise cof- fee-chests, soap-chests, nay cinnamon and cloves-chests, with aquavitae and other forms... ...be the brother of man, and sorrow and sin flee away? Not bread to eat, nor soap to wish with; and the reign of perfect Felicity ready to arrive, due a... ...rvest. By the hundred and the thou- sand, men’s lives are cropt; cast like brands into the burning. Marseilles is taken, and put under martial law: lo...

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...a world out of airy matter, when, at every moment, the impalpable beauty of my soap bubble was broken by the rude contact of some actual circumstance.... ...ll, the pang of it will be always in her heart.” “What do we talk of marks and brands, whether on the bodice of her gown or the flesh of her forehead?”...

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...ould have the goodness to order Camus, the grocer, to let me have a little soap, it would really be more convenient for you, as I needn’t trouble you ... ... to with idiotic per- sistence. She looked at the scales on the walls, two brands smoking end to end, and a long spider crawling over her head in a re...

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...nxious needle, the not imperceptible effect of a certain audible splash of soap and water; all in consideration of the searching radiance of drawing ... ...hat of the “altogether,” any such admission as that of a single dab of the soap, left the door very much ajar. Any request that an indulgent objector ... ...she juggled as a conjuror at a show juggled with balls or hoops or lighted brands—it was n’t at least entirely that, for he had known people almost as...

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...the ground—a cloud of smoke, black figures were flitting round it, pushing brands into red places, and feeding the bonfire. “What have you been doing?... ...lation of the children for the departure of Hector and T om, was a bowl of soap-suds and some tobacco pipes, and they had collected the house to admir... ...—there is a collision between Mary and Blanche—Aubrey perceives a taste of soapy water—the bubble is no more—it is vanished in his open mouth! Papa hi... ... Norman, in a low voice, “that is what one always feels. I had rather blow soap-bubbles!” “Where was Dr. Spencer?” asked Ethel. “Not competing. He had...