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Mr. Royall alleges 91 instances of defamatory language in Ms. Main's book, including a dust-jacket summary that describes his involvement as a "risky sweetheart deal" with the city.
The Litigious Legacy of Kelo William McGurn 2010
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His methodology stinks, too, and, from his dust-jacket photo, he appears to need a haircut.
Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books - Anil Dash 2009
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Lauren Baratz-Logsted wrote a lively guest post for Bransford about dust-jacket blurbs that dealt in part with the question: Whom should you ask for these?
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I think it is Maurice's sunny character that is most appealing: the dust-jacket cover of the biography shows him leaning out of a train carriage window, trilby in one hand, pipe in the other, smiling expectantly.
Maurice Tate: An extraordinary response for an extraordinary man Stephen Bates 2010
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His methodology stinks, too, and, from his dust-jacket photo, he appears to need a haircut.
Anil Dash 2009
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Lauren Baratz-Logsted wrote a lively guest post for Bransford about dust-jacket blurbs that dealt in part with the question: Whom should you ask for these?
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The dust-jacket of "Fighter Pilot" shows Col. Robin Olds on an airfield in Thailand as he returns from his 100th mission of the war, the one that ends his combat career.
A Man On a Mission Daniel Ford 2010
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In the dust-jacket photo, what can't readily be seen is that the colonel is weeping: "I couldn't stop the tears running down my face."
A Man On a Mission Daniel Ford 2010
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The dust-jacket of "Fighter Pilot" shows Col. Robin Olds on an airfield in Thailand as he returns from his 100th mission of the war, the one that ends his combat career.
A Man On a Mission Daniel Ford 2010
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Over on the bookshelves, while plenty of writers owe their first break to the time and money afforded by a career as a copywriter, few blot their later lives with anything more commercially suspect than dust-jacket blurbs.
For sale: the ashtray that inspired William Gibson Alex Rayner 2010
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