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TreasonousBastard

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5. That's from her resume-- not every background or...

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jun 2013

puff piece has to include the stock resume. If you're trying to humanize someone, which is not a bad thing, the resume might even get in the way.

Complainants may be missing the simple fact that this was a complimentary piece aimed at a specific market and stop moaning that it wasn't written exactly the way they would like to see it.

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Why it matters mercuryblues Jun 2013 #2

That's from her resume-- not every background or... TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #5

Hmm. mercuryblues Jun 2013 #10

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