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What Marketers Can Learn From Lance Armstrong

Jack R. Miles | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Read More: Coca-Cola, Marketing, Apple, Business, Lance Armstrong, Listerine, Business Lessons, Brands, Business News
Jack R. Miles

Just because your brand has equity which has been built up over a long period of time, this does not mean its reputation is safe. Reputation can be tarnished in the blink of an eye, often to the point of no return.

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Listerine Was Invented To Treat VD (And Other Successful Products Originally Invented For Something Else)

Mental Floss | Posted 03.27.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Coca-Cola Headaches, Propecia Prostate, Listerine Gonorrhea, Listerine, Play-Doh Wallpaper, Viagra Heart Disease, Listerine VD, Weird Product Uses, Weird News News

Most people associate Listerine with bad breath, but it was invented as a cure for gonorrhea. That was 133 years ago, and besides being a cure for ...

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Boycott, Barbie, Leotard And Dunce

Alex Novak | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Slidepollajax, Nobel, Listerine, Dynamite, Barbie, Boycott, Namesake, Tawdry Knickers, Guillotine, Eponym, Books News
Alex Novak

(Un)luckily for some, the English language is chock-full of eponyms -- proper names that have slipped into general usage as other forms of speech.

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New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Mike Ragogna

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

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