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As a federal agency, NASA can't run commercials -- a problem both for rallying broader public support and fostering the next generation of astronauts.
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The limits hamper their ability to run commercials in New York's expensive media market, preventing them from engaging in the extended advertising campaigns that are the norm on the federal level.
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Even more shocking than the ads themselves is the fact that under federal law, radio stations are powerless to refuse to run the commercials or censor them in any way.
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However, a group that analyzes campaign spending reported Friday that 70% of ads run by Democrats in the first six weeks of the presidential campaign were positive in nature, while 73% of commercials run by Republicans were negative.
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In addition to the in-game spot, Century 21 will have three commercials run 16 times throughout the day.
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However, commercials run this year represent a break with this general pattern.
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Over the weekend, BlackBerry had several commercials run during the NCAA tournament, as the company hoped to capture back the mindshare it lost over the years.
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Corporations could run as many commercials as they liked during other periods, and employees of the corporations (by forming a political-action committee) could run ads at any time.
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But when Lincoln very recently decided instead to run two 30-second commercials, shortening the Fallon-inspired effort to just half of its original length and devoting the other 30 seconds to an ad focusing on the new MKZ sedan, Smith got left on the cutting room floor for the ad that will actually run during the Super Bowl.
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NBC's live stream will run different ads from those on TV, but Super Bowl viewers will be able to pull up the TV commercials on demand through the website shortly after they air, an NBC Sports spokesman said.
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