Word: blurbs
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...full forum for student participation in the educational process. The biggest problem is, of course, the student responses themselves. Students receive the forms in class, and are generally given about 20 minutes to complete every question. Because most classes are evaluated at the same time, the bubble-filling and blurb-writing quickly turns tiring and tedious...
Here's an example. In a Crimson profile of Harry J. Wilson '93, for last year's Commencement issue, the following outside blurb was written: "The Nice Republican: Harry James Wilson is a Reagan conservative who cares about the poor and disenfranchised...
With that kind of competition, it is no surprise that blurb inflation is spinning out of control. Superlatives, even when they mean little, are tossed out indiscriminately ("best comedy of the year" in February). A reference to the new decade always sounds impressive ("the love story of the '90s"). Gary Franklin, of Los Angeles' KCOP-TV, grades films on a 1-to-10 scale that can no longer contain his ecstasy. Chaplin and Alive! recently got a 10+, and Beauty and the Beast even managed an 11. Pat Collins, who reviews for New Jersey's WWOR-TV, gushes that Falling...
...authored by Ted Gaebler, a consultant and former city manager, the book has sold 70,000 copies since its publication last February and has had a profound influence on policymakers around the country. "This book should be read by every elected official in America," Clinton gushed for a blurb on the dust jacket. "Those of us who want to revitalize government in the 1990s are going to have to reinvent it. This book gives us the blueprint...
...capacity crowd at the Loeb Janus Cinema last night bought their popcorn and Diet Cokes, soundly booed a blurb for Whitney Houston's new movie, and settled in for Spike Lee's new 3-hour-and-21-minute epic...