1.   It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.

2.   Auburn, for example, a leader in the marketing trend, began its slick statewide television ad campaign last spring to influence state legislators, university officials said.

3.   Now, though, there are yard signs, opposition protesters, and slick television commercials.

4.   Slick television commercials also have whetted the appetite of consumers to try new drugs.

5.   Though all the major parties are producing slick television advertisements that concentrate on image more than substance, Zhirinovsky still leads the pack.

6.   But the party had already papered the country with posters and produced several slick television ads.