That many people feel besieged became clear after a late-December NYC column on the rumblings of a consumer rebellion against the advertising barrages.

One of the contributing factors to Roemer's defeat in the 1991 primary was a last-minute advertising barrage by Marine Shale owner Jack Kent.

Coke is one of the most conspicuously plugged products in movies, but the advertising barrage here is outrageous.

Surveys indicate that his advertising barrage damaged Ms. Harman severely but exacted an even greater toll on Mr. Checchi.

He was selected as the candidate to run for mayor against city council president John Street who withstood a negative advertising barrage to win a divisive Democratic primary.

Ah, but the advertising barrage to promote the new New York edition of Time Out, the London listings guide, is only beginning.

Mr. Bloomberg's campaign aides said the huge advertising barrage was warranted to promote his record.

Then there are the men, the object of an advertising barrage by De Beers and its American advertising agency, N. W. Ayer.

Veterans and rookies are the focus of the league's multimillion-dollar advertising barrage for the 1999-2000 season.

He even suggested that Mr. Bush's advertising barrage was out of bounds.