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Paranormal campaign.


MERCURY INSURANCE GROUP'S new campaign--"Mercury Theory"--features a quirky quirk  
n.
1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe.

2.
, humorous premise. Mercury is the 14th-largest U.S. writer of private-passenger auto insurance. The focus of the campaign is to communicate the company's low auto insurance rates. The premise of the commercials is that Dr. D.B. Selwick, a UFO UFO: see unidentified flying objects.


(United Functions and Objects) A programming language developed by John Sargeant at Manchester University, U.K.
 theorist the·o·rist  
n.
One who theorizes; a theoretician.


theorist
a person who forms theories or who specializes in the theory of a particular subject.
See also: Ideas, Learning

Noun 1.
, is gathering evidence that Mercury's rates are so low because the company is run by alien beings from the planet Mercury.

The campaign features a suite of 10 30-second commercials, as well as an interactive Web site, mercurytheory.com.

The commercials are running on cable and local spots in major markets in Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). , California, Florida, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas and Georgia.
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Title Annotation:AUTO INSURANCE
Author:Goch, Lynna
Publication:Best's Review
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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