It's not uncommon to hear the Internet mentioned as a "virtual plaza," or the "town square" of the "global village" -- and just as with privatized public spaces in the physical world, our meeting places online, our very conversations and dialogues, are increasingly open to brand names that (quite literally) follow us, entreating that we speak with them.
Other companies taking a similar approach include Brut, with a campaign carrying the theme "Let your man out," and Old Spice, with ads that entreat the target audience to "Smell like a man, man".
Rapper-turned-comic Doc Brown has the house band back him on a number of tunes, including a Valentine's special that entreats his children to allow him quality time with his wife: "Your mum and dad, they have a date/ so I'm gonna tuck you in with gaffer tape".
The blend of 2D and 3D achieves a delicate balance, presenting a layered skin that entreats the viewer to peel it back and plumb the mysteries that lie beyond.
Or the siren song that calls to me, entreating me not to bother – to let my aesthetic self atrophy along with my triceps?
"If so many people have entreated the government to stop and that doesn't seem to be having an impact," Mr. Kerry said, "that sort of alarms me a little bit and seems to send a signal to me maybe we should make some of our assistance or some of our support contingent on some kind of appropriate response".
In Brussels, in a remarkable speech that was by turns entreating and hectoring, Juncker said he would not give up on trying to keep Greece in the Eurozone and did not want to see "Plato play in the second division".
On Wednesday, SpringOwl Asset Management, a hedge fund that invests heavily in Viacom, entreated the company not to install Dauman in his new position as rumors began to fly that it, too, would name a new chairman.
As a copyright attorney, I was pleased to read your statement that supports copyright law while entreating the music industry to improve its technology in order to recognize the reality of consumers' needs and wishes ("Suing Music Downloaders," editorial, Sept. 12).
As a long run strategy, the company entreats web service providers to embrace open standards that facilitate interfacing between social networks and non-social networks such as Google Calendar, YouTube, and Yahoo Messanger.
