Cliché Corner
By
Lori Robertson
Lori Robertson (robertson.lori@gmail.com), a former AJR managing editor, is a senior contributing writer for the magazine.
"Fast forward to last night, when the Rams took the field inside the Georgia Dome as the favorite to beat the Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV."
New York Post
"Fast forward about five years. The national economy is booming, newspaper advertising is growing and newsprint prices are falling."
Seattle Times
"Fast forward a few centuries, and you get [KHOW radio host] Peter Boyles as Braveheart."
Denver Post
"Fast forward 999.9 years. Put about 45 'greats' in front of the word grandchildren. They will understand why we make so much of Jan. 1, 2000."
Cincinnati Enquirer
"Fast forward now to 1961, when Philip Gove, editor of Webster's Third Unabridged, sent his massive volume out into the world...."
San Jose Mercury News
"Fast forward to today: The US Energy Department now says, 'Stick a fork in that idea. It's done,' as in dead."
CBS News
"Fast forward two years. Both have been drafted into the WNBA, but by different teams."
Philadelphia Daily News
(from more than 380 references during January, some referring to actual video or audio tape) ###
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