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Subject: Re: Speaking of Pablo Neruda...
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 11:32:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 11:32:01 1984
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> In 1973 Pablo Neruda was invited by the trustees of Boston University
> to speak at commencement.  When the Daily Free Press (the student paper)
> got the announcement, the following ensued:
> 
>    "Pablo Neruda?  Who the hell is Pablo Neruda?"
>    "Don't ask me."
>    "Is he Mexican or something?"
>    "I don't know.  Isn't he a poet?"
>    "I thought he was a musician or something."
>    "Well, he must be famous or they wouldn't invite him."
>    "What should the headline say?"
>    "Pablo Neruda To Speak At Commencement, of course."
>    "That's terrible!  You can't have that for a headline!"
>    "Why not?"
>    "Nobody knows who he is.  You can't have someone's name in a
> headline if nobody knows who he is.  Make it 'Famous Poet to Speak
> at Commencement'."
>    "How can he be famous if nobody knows who he is?"
>    "I don't think he's a poet, is he?"
>    "OK, we won't say 'poet' in the headline."
>    "But we have to say 'Famous '."
> 
> In the end, the following headline appeared:
> 
>        FAMOUS MEXICAN TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT
> 
> I still have a copy of this headline somewhere or other.
> 
> 			--  Mark Lutton
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