[Ads-l] "entire nine yards" "document"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Stephen, Google Books currently has another snippet displaying the
text which shows a bit more.

Periodical: Graphic Science
Volumes 3-13
Years: 1961-71

https://books.google.com/books?id=LtwjAAAAMAAJ&q=entire+nine

[Begin excerpt]
garding Process Specifications, it in-
vokes the entire nine yards to create a
document that is self sufficient in both
what is needed and how to do it . This
is certainly going to inhibit competi-
[End excerpt]

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 8:22 AM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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>  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 ...
> Subject: "the entire nine yards" 1969?
> ...
>
> Graphic Science 1969? (ceased publication in 1971) p.8,
> partly-scanned Google-Book right-hand column:
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> 98055 (206) AL 5-
> West of the Mississippi
> garding Process Specificati
> vokes the entire nine yards
> document that is self suffici*
> what is needed and how to ..
>
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