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...Since Sony had to remove Manning's blurb - HEATH LEDGER IS THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW STAR! - from the ad for A Knight's Tale, I figured there was a blank space the perfect size for my name. I called Susan Tick, Sony's senior vice president of corporate communication, and offered, "I'm not gay, but one night with Heath Ledger would flip me like a Vermont legislator!" And to replace Manning's quote from The Animal - THE PRODUCING TEAM OF BIG DADDY HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WINNER! - I suggested, "I'm not gay, but one night with Rob Schneider...
...publications have seen the light: on May 11 Entertainment Weekly reported "the rumor is she's his ex-wife," and on June 15 the New York Times finally got the facts right in a blurb, after buying the falsehood in an earlier article. In the Detroit area press, it's old news that the Whites were once bride and groom. But the myth is still at large: The New Yorker, usually considered fact-checking's vaunted ideal, refers to the White Stripes in its current issue as "two siblings from Detroit...
...committee also pursued candidates in more traditional ways. In late September, the search committee even placed a want ad in the New York Times: “Wanted: President, Harvard University.” In smaller letters underneath, a blurb explained the job: “Nominations and applications are invited for the presidency of Harvard University. The successful candidate is expected to be a person of high intellectual distinction and demonstrated leadership qualities. Letters and supporting material may be sent to the Harvard University Presidential Search Committee...
...committee also pursued candidates in more traditional ways. In late September, the search committee even placed a want ad in the New York Times: "Wanted: President, Harvard University." In smaller letters underneath, a blurb explained the job: "Nominations and applications are invited for the presidency of Harvard University. The successful candidate is expected to be a person of high intellectual distinction and demonstrated leadership qualities. Letters and supporting material may be sent to the Harvard University Presidential Search Committee...
...mantra ever since. What he appears to have found most attractive is the prayer's expansiveness. Evangelical life abounds in thou shalt nots and stresses humility before God. By contrast, Jabez's demand that the deity "bless me indeed" seems buoyant and liberating. Reading the volume's back-cover blurb ("Do you want to be extravagantly blessed by God?"), one might even imagine that Wilkinson is selling Prosperity Theology, a widespread if superficial gospel that amounts to praying for dollars. This turns out not to be the case. The riches he has in mind are the wealth...