So intense is the advertising onslaught, so giddy the media coverage of the new affluence, that it is almost easy to forget that India remains home to the world's largest number of poor people, according to the World Bank.

It is hard to pinpoint when the advertising onslaught began.

Hogwarts, then, is not only a school, but also a market: subject to an incessant advertising onslaught, the students are never as happy as when they can spend their money in the boutiques near the school.

Some moviegoers have reacted negatively to the advertising onslaught.

This time he arrived on Air Force One, facing no primary challenge and well on his way to amassing $170 million or more in campaign contributions that he can put toward an advertising onslaught likely to begin early next year.

A1 Mr. Kerry rolled through New York gaining endorsements, raising money and bracing for an advertising onslaught from the president.

That level of correlation has delighted Democrats, who acknowledge that the groups have gone a long way in helping Mr. Kerry to meet the advertising onslaught of Mr. Bush, whose campaign has raised far more money.

Senator John Kerry fought his way through a tough and expensive Democratic primary season only to find himself on Wednesday with relatively little cash and facing an advertising onslaught by President Bush, whose campaign has roughly 10 times more money.

The Progress for America Voter Fund is spending almost $12 million on television commercials during the last two weeks before the election in one of the largest advertising onslaughts yet by a Republican advocacy group.

Senator John Kerry tangled bitterly with President Bush's re-election campaign yesterday over defense, patriotism and political tactics, as he rolled through New York picking up endorsements, raising money and bracing for an advertising onslaught from the president.