AJR  Cliché Corner
From AJR,   November 2000

Cliché Corner   

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


You are put on hold for 30 minutes by the young tech (generally a person with only a first name) at the computer company's or Internet service provider's 24/7 help line.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Why, citizens are under virtual assault 24/7, with everything from their credit card numbers to their medical records in peril.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Stick with one event, start to finish. Mrs. Jones, 24/7.
Los Angeles Times

Now there's a 24/7 bacchanalian feast of business news catered by multimedia giants.
St. Petersburg Times

Now, 35 years after it was made, the film still fills a need — this time, in our 24/7, work-mad society — for cathartic, unapologetic, nostalgic/kitschy fun.
San Diego Union-Tribune

And the demands of caring for children in an increasingly 24/7 economy mean some things, like the concept of a job as something that usually occurs between 9 and 5, are changing.
Christian Science Monitor

If that isn't enough, you can get him 24/7 at www.bobvila.com.
Chicago Sun-Times

from 783 references in September, some of which were sports scores or company names

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