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  • So Derek Draper's website prints an ad hominem attack on Daniel Hannan rather than the promised line by line refutation of Daniel Hannan's speech.

    Derek Draper promises a lot but can't deliver Not a sheep 2009

  • Have you taken a look at Derek Draper's Labour List?

    Why can't Labour "strategists" blog Not a sheep 2009

  • The costume designer for 'Mad Men' on her new collaboration with Banana Republic, her dislike of '90s style and the secret to Don Draper's sex appeal .

    'Mad' Woman Janie Bryant 2011

  • Since debuting in 2007, Mad Men has single-handedly made the '60s cool again, but the show may skip ahead to the present day for Don Draper's final curtain call.

    Will Mad Men Fast-Forward to 2011 in Its Series Finale? 2011

  • In this moment in the story Don Draper's advertising agency faces Armageddon: the loss of the Lucky Strike account and hence half the firm's billings.

    Michael Conniff: Con Games: Mad Men , C'est Moi Michael Conniff 2010

  • Choose Flexible Furniture In Dorothy Draper's day, houses had a flower room, sitting room, living room, staircases, a formal room, a dining room, etc.

    The Full Monticello Jen Renzi 2011

  • The intelligence of that directive came in part from the influence of Knoll, a German-born U.S. furniture company that in the mid-20th century began supplying corporations with sleek, classic, sophisticated furnishings think Don Draper's office on "Mad Men" conveying the conviction that a company's workplace, no less than its employees, needs to be dressed for success.

    Showcasing Fabric of Art Lance Esplund 2011

  • There is a lot of interesting anecdotes in Robert Draper's article in GQ about what was going on in the world of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, but Steve Benen points out a passage in the article that illustrates both his irascibility and his insensitivity to the victims of Hurricane Katrina by his refusal to go to extraordinary lengths to help them after the storm.

    Rumsfeld and Katrina 2009

  • Like his hero, Mr. Varney has spent decades tweaking his signature projects: the famed Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, begun under Ms. Draper's tutelage in the '60s, and the Grand Hotel on Michigan's Mackinac Island.

    The Full Monticello Jen Renzi 2011

  • In this moment in the story Don Draper's advertising agency faces Armageddon: the loss of the Lucky Strike account and hence half the firm's billings.

    Michael Conniff: Con Games: Mad Men, C'est Moi Michael Conniff 2010

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