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- <text id=89TT2590>
- <title>
- Oct. 02, 1989: Business Notes:Advertising
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Oct. 02, 1989 A Day In The Life Of China
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 83
- Business Notes
- ADVERTISING
- Tip Is Popping Up All Over
- </hdr><body>
- <p> When former Speaker of the House Thomas (Tip) O'Neill
- retired after more than 50 years in politics, he had only $2,900
- in the bank. But today O'Neill is faring far better, not just
- because of his best-selling book, Man of the House, but also due
- to his status as a trendy spokesman. O'Neill has appeared in ads
- for American Express and Miller Lite beer, among others. In
- current TV commercials, he can be seen rising from an open
- suitcase on the bed of a Quality Inns International motel.
- </p>
- <p> Advertisers favor O'Neill for his familiar face and
- grandfatherly voice. The pay is handsome: for a day's work he
- gets $100,000, equivalent to his annual salary as Speaker. Says
- he: "I always said I'd never be a lobbyist, and lo and behold,
- a new career fell upon me." Next on his agenda: ads for the
- Trump Shuttle.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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