Word: pr
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...first time I had taken a longer approach,” Smith said. “I usually only take about six strides and I went to about 10. I was expecting to do a little bit better but I didn’t expect to PR by a foot and a half.”In the weight throw, junior Molly Boyle took third with a distance of 14.15 meters.In the track events, freshman Kelsey LeBuffe and junior Veronica Leitold grabbed second and third, respectively, in the 1,000 meters. Sophomore Shannon Flahive finished 10th in the 200 meters...
...appeal to nationalism, predictably enough, brought an avalanche of outrage. Rui's online petition to remove Starbucks from the Forbidden City garnered half a million signatures; the Beijing News carried the story; Starbucks PR people made placating noises (there are already 200 outlets in China and the company aims to make the country its biggest market after the U.S., so they were ripe for the plucking); and various wangchong - networms, as they are known - made knee-jerk nationalist comments. In fact, the outlet, a tiny, hole-in-the-wall store with no sign outside, has been serving its signature overpriced...
...government reconstruction projects. "They really are masters of propaganda," says Joanna Nathan, Afghanistan analyst for the International Crisis Group. "In reality they are offering the people nothing. They are still releasing hideous DVDs of beheadings in order to instill fear in the population. This school announcement is just a PR campaign...
...which growers inadvertently sold damaged fruit. An orange often takes days to show decay on the outside, even though it will be bitter and dry on the inside. California growers are now holding harvested fruit in packing houses for four to five days and testing it to avoid another PR snafu. And while growers will make more money on the few oranges they are able to sell, they are also aware that they have an incentive to keep a cap on the extra margin. Peaches, nectarines and grapes, many of which come from Chile, are now hitting their peak season...
...think I’m like a good bullshit detector. All this in your face, “Oh she’s getting help blah blah blah,”—it’s just a façade. It’s a PR attempt at trying to get favorable coverage. I’m not just being cynical, I know. I went to this party at Brett Ratner’s Saturday night. I left at 2:30 in the morning. She didn’t even come to the party until like...