[Ads-l] open kimono

[Bill Mullins]

1967 Baltimore Sun Magazine​ 30 Apr 5/4

"They might even open the kimono a little," said their representative, "and talk about some equipment that's almost classified -- a product midway between development and manufacture."


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Subject: Re: open kimono

Back in 2008, I provided a couple of 1974 cites for "open the kimono."

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On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 11:20 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1975 Binghamton NY Press and Sun-Bulletin 27 Mar 10/5
>
> IBM is a successful company, always in the public eye.  As one executive
> put it:  "We have to decide how far we are going to open the kimono."
>
>

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