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To: Roy F who wrote (25810)10/28/1998 5:38:00 PM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
Roy/all, now we know what caused the rally: "Homer Simpson gets Intel gig"
By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
October 28, 1998, 11:40 a.m. PT

news.com

Homer Simpson, doughnut-eating father figure on the
television show The Simpsons, will become a
spokesman for Intel.

America's favorite beer-drinking cartoon character will
be at the center of a new television ad that will tout the
performance of the Pentium II processor.
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