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/^t/Advertising plays a significant role in our lifes. It is a kind of 'service' to community. Thanks to some "small ads", which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine, we can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death, get to know about interesting travelling offers, etc. However, a question about the boundaries between truth and lie, reality and fiction, arises in this place. Aren't advertisements more and more often an insidious form of brainwashing that by using various techniques such as slogans or catch-phrases not only harm people's minds but also 'help' them get rid of their money.