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Billboards and trees.


Thank you for the enlightening en·light·en  
tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens
1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to:
 issue, Advertising overload See information overload and overloading. . It really opened my eyes to the subversive tactics used by advertising agencies around the world. While reading the articles I was reminded of a poem by Ogden Nash Noun 1. Ogden Nash - United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
Nash
 called 'Song of the Open Road'.

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  I think that I shall never see
  A billboard lovely as a tree;
  Indeed, unless the billboards fall
  I'll never see a tree at all.


Written in 1933, it is probably even more poignant today.

Hannah Hannah, in the Bible, Samuel's mother. Her song is recalled in the Magnificat. The names Anna and Ann are variants of Hannah.

Hannah

jubilantly thankful to God for giving son.

See : Gratitude
 Bennett London, England
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Author:Bennett, Hannah
Publication:New Internationalist
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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