Word: blurb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think very few people change their eating habits because of a little blurb," she says...
...were so pleased to see Garrison Keillor's fabulous piece on Murray's restaurant in Minneapolis, Minn. [ESSAY, Oct. 13], which referred to our magic and elegance. Unfortunately, the blurb on Time's index page indicated that Keillor was writing about a "landmark restaurant closing." Though we are a landmark restaurant, we certainly are not closing, nor did Keillor's Essay say so. Please let your readers know we are open and intend to stay in business for at least another 50 years. Come visit us! LINDA LINDQUIST, Marketing Manager Murray's Minneapolis, Minn...
...shows me a bulletin board full of newspaper clippings, and the articles confirm that he hasn't been embellishing the past: "Tommy Rawson-A Credit to Boxing and to Mankind," reads one headline, and a blurb on another story touts him as the New England Lightweight champion, listing his career professional record...
...wind down our awards presentation, we'd like to offer some advice for our hep-cat profs. Ditch buzz phrases such as "politics of identity" or "in postmodern thought." Don't use more than one set of quotation marks per blurb. Take a lesson in candor from Professor Willie...
...OFFICIAL BLURB] "They're in love with each other but saw no future for the marriage...