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“creative,” she answered without missing

a beat. “You have to be outgoing,

fun, and jazzed up to work here.”

Contemporary ads aimed at businesspeople

would give the Williams

Luxury Shaving Cream ads of yesteryear

a run for their money. One line

of TV commercials that ran on CNBC,

the cable business channel, featured an

office worker losing out on a plum

assignment.

BOSS TO TED AND ALICE. Ted, I’m

sending Alice to the sales conference

because she thinks faster on

her feet than you.

TED. (speechless) …

BOSS. So, Alice, we’ll send you on

Thursday—

TED. She does not!

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