There, or so an advertisement proclaims, a pant is a "must-have for this year's directional winter wardrobe."

"Australia's Country Road has finally come to America," its advertisements and posters proclaim.

The advertisement proclaimed, "We remain your faithful audience," and if that sounds a bit defensive, there's good reason.

"Salt Lake is cool," proclaims an advertisement from the visitor and convention bureau.

The two-page advertisement discussed in your article proclaims that "justice was done."

Some advertisements proclaim, "You can't win if you don't play."

One recent advertisement in a magazine proclaimed, 'We challenge anyone to prove that the shaft is not the most important part of a golf club'.

"The most popular ad campaign of all time need not run for all time," an advertisement will proudly - and wrongly - proclaim in newspapers.

The most welcome discovery of all, which no advertisement or website had proclaimed, was that there was masses to do.

"Live the dream," proclaims the advertisement, in Montana Magazine.