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Word: blurbs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...filing when it happened: Ears plugged with the Finnish teen pop sensation I had to write a blurb about that week; mind occupied with little other than filing Lil’ Kim’s press photo between Lil’ Bow Wow’s and Lil’ Troy’s. My editor at my summer internship at the Village Voice was on the phone nearby, his voice muffled by my Walkman warbles...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The True Confessions of a Toriphile | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

Cindy L. Rodriguez ’02, president of the guide’s publisher Harvard Student Agencies, said HSA had not known that “Paki” was a racial slur when it decided to keep the previous year’s blurb for this year’s edition...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Unofficial' Slur Angers Students | 9/18/2001 | See Source »

...share the same birthday.) There's a mint-flavored chewing gum named after him. Millions of people tune in to watch him on televised parliamentary debates. His posters outsell those of pop stars and baseball heroes. Last week, a glossy photo book about him hit the stores, with a blurb from Koizumi that says, "Everything you want to know about me is in here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Destroyer | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "Best Column Ever!!!" — James Kelly | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Column Ever!!! --James Kelly | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

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