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/^t/A characteristic feature of advertisements, especially TV commercials, is that they tend to present the world as it is not - beautiful women, elegant men and happy, well-off families, whose biggest problems concern buying, or choosing from among several items. The perfect world of commercials does not exist. Still, some people delude themselves into thinking that such a life is within easy reach and, so deceived, look for something they will never find. What they will find, however, is frustration and a deep sense of failure.