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Word: blurb (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this is not a bash Celine Dion blurb. Too easy. And plus, I kind of feel bad for her. She's a very talented singer who just has no clue (look up the idiom "blank expression" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of her). So it turns out that Thumper (or Tarzan--I call her various names, all reflective of her tendency to pound her chest in exultation) is writing an "intimate" autobiography to be released sometime next year. I have zero patience, so I came up with a possible page from the forthcoming biography...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Soman's In the [K]now | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

What does it take to get people to see a lovely comedy that offers flawless ensemble performances and acres of good cheer? Try this blurb: Funnier than The Blair Witch Project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Love and Larceny In a Small Town | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...certain Potter purists are concerned about Harry's upcoming first appearance on the silver screen. British producer David Heyman saw a blurb on The Sorcerer's Stone shortly after its British publication but before the book became a smash. He brought the project to Warner Bros. (like TIME, owned by Time Warner), which optioned the book. The plan is for a live-action film, with Harry played as a British schoolboy. A first script, by Steven Kloves, who wrote and directed The Fabulous Baker Boys, is due by the end of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...able to pick up some of the slack. But that's about it. The stories average about two sentences. Unable to pretend to be a full-fledged wire service, the agency is moving to provide what might be called news fragments. A more apt name might be in order: blurb, maybe. Or blip. UPI now supplies headlines to a San Francisco paging company which displays headlines on pager screens and to a Kentucky outfit that is looking to flash headlines on LED screens in bars...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: Where Old News Goes to Die | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...BLURB] "No Kids! No Men! No Makeup! No Stress! No Cooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello Mother, Hello Father | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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