Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Uncle Sam wants you, boomers - to fill jobs
Mark Miller
Newsday
September 15, 2008
Overview: “Uncle Sam wanted Ann Vande Vanter - and he might want you too, if you're older than 50.”
Nostalgia in ads may be a plus -- or just plain silly
John Droschner
Bradenton Herald
September 14, 2008
Overview: “Is this clever or stupid? To market its progressive lenses -- bifocals without the telltale line that might hint at a person's age -- to baby boomers, Essilor did a commercial a few years back with bespectacled middle-age protesters rallying on behalf of better lenses, as if they were '60s demonstrators.
