Monthly Archives: March 2006

Crappy Business Letters

March 8, 2006
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Scores of them. Acres. A few excerpts: Congratulations on Outstanding Achievement: There is no doubt that your recent achievements will be spoken of for some time to come and that the admiration for your accomplishments is felt by all of us within the industry as well as the general public. Refusal of Request for...

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Heist

March 2, 2006
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Heist From the OED: heist (_____). slang (orig. U.S.). A hold-up, a robbery; also attrib. and Comb. Also as v., to hold up, rob, steal. So ‘heister, a robber, a hijacker; a shoplifter. Cf. hist v.2 2, hoist v. 6 and n. 5. 1927 Dialect...

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