that sucks

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:00 AM -0700 3/29/08, JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You
Need. wrote:
>On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:38:50 Zulu minus 4 Laurence Horn
><laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>asked:
>*Did we ever figure out what those are called,
>those brief mentions on the front page of a
>newspaper section announcing and promoting a
>particular article/column on an inside page?
>It's not exactly a subhead, but what is it?
>
>My son, who is a reporter for the Vineland Daily Journal, tells me
>they are called "jumps".  This is a different meaning than the
>continuation of a story on another page, which is also called a
>"jump".
>
Interesting.  I was familiar with the latter use of "jump" but not
the former.  I still prefer "teaser" for that.

LH

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