The dependent store manager would hurry to place blame - the manufacturing people provided a lousy product, say, or the marketing folks priced it wrong.

So the Knicks' marketing folks can spend another summer selling hope, if not verifiable success.

The marketing folks called this buyer the "Varsity Captain."

But it is a great talking point for the marketing folks.

But it's nice to see the marketing folks catch up on the waste their industry is creating.

Our marketing folks have done some test surveys and they assure me it's a winner.

Clever marketing folks try never to cross that line.

I recall having a conversation with the marketing folks at Simon & Schuster.

But the Web surfer who types in "bunions" is what marketing folks call a hot prospect.

The marketing folks at Nike must be in a swoon.