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I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Journalist
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Society
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Business
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Advertisers
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Mould

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