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AAAA (American Association of Advertising Agencies), 187
Abbey, Edward, 117
ABC, 32, 35, 38, 196
academics, 115ā117
A. C. Nielsen company, 25
acts, beautiful vs. moral, 6ā7
Adbusters, 31, 117, 119
Adbusters Media Foundation, 21
CBC sued by, 194ā196
magazine and website of, 31
television campaigns of, 31ā33, 56, 58, 62, 95, 126, 142, 170, 177, 193, 206, 207
website of, 132
A.d.i.d.a.s (All Day I Dream About Suicide), 115
advertisers, media power of, 33ā35
advertising, 18ā21, 22ā23, 24, 119, 166, 167, 175
subvertising and, 131ā132, 133ā134
television rates for, 184
Advertising Age, 22, 176
āadvertrocities,ā 22ā23
Alabama, 155, 160ā161
Albania, 90ā92, 94
alcoholism, 9, 10
Allen, Woody, 22, 52
Alternative Economics Committee, 208
ambient noise, 13ā14
Americaā¢, 146, 215
cool and, 113ā114
corporate control of, xiiāxiii
global influence of, xiv
uncooling of, xviāxvii
unofficial history of, 65ā71
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), 187
American Convention on Human Rights, 186
American Dream, end of, 59ā63
American Medical Association (AMA), 188
Americaās Funniest Home Videos, 37
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Postman), 24
āAnarchy in the U.K.,ā 100
anger, xv, 12, 139
āanti-language,ā 21
antitrust legislation and lawsuits, 67, 193
anxiety, 9
Apple, 102
Arcata, Calif., 161
Archer Daniels Midland, 34, 172
Asian ātigerā economies, 94
Asphalt Nation (Holtz), 82
Australia, 20, 21
authenticity, ākidnappingā of, 101
auto industry, 82ā83
āAutosaurusā television campaign, 31, 126
Ayres, Robert, 88
Babetteās Feast, 79ā80
ābads,ā 89
Baffler, 114
bank charters, 67
banks, disputes with, 148
Banks, Ferdinand, 90
Barings Bank, 93
Barnes & Noble, 34
ābatwing disorder,ā 75
Baudrillard, Jean, 40
Beatles, 101
Beattie, Ann, 44ā45
Beatty, Jennifer, 70
ābeautiful acts,ā 6ā7
Before Sunrise, 102
Bellow, Saul, 10ā11
Benetton, 22ā23, 26
Bentley, David, 20
Berisha, Sali, 92
Bertelsmann, 186
Bestfoods, 20
Beverly Hills Bar Association, 197
bicycles, bike lanes, 179, 180
Big Enemies, 105
Bill of Rights, 68
bioeconomics, 86ā90, 202ā203
Bird by Bird (Lamott), 4ā5
Black, Conrad, 25
Black Friday, 94
Black Monday, 93, 94
āblack shakes,ā 24
Blanton, B...