Over the course of six months, an advertising guru named Ernest Dichter studied the responses of girls and their mothers to Barbie. From his extensive research, Dichter concluded that instead of attempting to mitigate Barbie's mature qualities, Mattel should emphasize them. Since Barbie was well-dressed and attractive, mothers ought to consider her a tool for teaching their daughters about the importance of appearance and femininity. While some women would later take Barbie to task for imparting such lessons, the advertising tactic worked in the 1960s.
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I've had this poll up for a couple of days, but uptake has been slow.

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The standard set-up for a seat in a meeting room. Apple, mint box, blue glass goblet (covered for your protection), private label water.
And that fancy shmancy pen is from the hotel.
(I didn't use it, though. It's just a ball pen. I stuck to my trusty Pilot G-2 ;). )
And you know what? The concierge-like person that I bumped into at the end of the corridor linking from Starhill Gallery actually walked me up to the meeting room, personally.
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