AJR  Cliché Corner
From AJR,   January/February 1999

Cliché Corner   

By Lori Robertson
Lori Robertson (robertson.lori@gmail.com), a former AJR managing editor, is a senior contributing writer for the magazine.      


"Retirement 101: When Gingrich becomes a private citizen again in January, he might be able to earn a few bucks posing as a poster boy for retirement planning..."
Los Angeles Times
Cliché Corner Daily Double!

"Tonight's episode is Sitcom Complications 101."
Atlanta Journal and Constitution

"Playing with a Big Lead 101."
New Jersey's Asbury Park Press

" 'You should have a class in Sen. (Richard) Stone 101 and Sen. (Lawton) Chiles 102...' [Ralph] Nader said."
Tampa Tribune
Cliché Corner Extra!

"Though not all of you have registered for this course, welcome to Playoff Possibilities 101, or How I Learned to Love the Calculator."
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

"Law Enforcement 101 preaches the doctrine that high police presence results in low crime and orderly behavior."
St. Petersburg Times

"That's lesson No. 1 in West Virginia Deer Management 101, according to Jim Ruckel."
Charleston's Sunday Gazette Mail

"Rule from Bar Music 101: When you're tall, blond, lithe and wearing a cut-off top that exposes a navel ring, you're going to get the guys' attention."
Denver Rocky Mountain News

"..he didn't realize he was seeing his first lesson in city-parish finances 101."
(Baton Rouge's Advocate

"The past year has aroused enough questions of law to justify a course in Bill Clinton 101."
James Kilpatrick, Universal Press Syndicate

"A lesson from foot extraction 101"
Seattle Times

"Election Politics 101: Impeachment isn't a winning agenda"
Wall Street Journal

from more than 700 references during October and November, some relating to addresses and basketball scores, as well as actual classes

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