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Publicity

noun

A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution. Synonyms: packaging, promotion, promotional material.

The quality of being open to public view.

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"Publicity" Quotes from Famous Books

... me that it is our duty to at least keep it up to the standard at which he left it; consequently, I think it would be advisable to give considerable publicity to my ...

— Ticket No. "9672" • Jules Verne

... this indorsement nothing now remained But counsel, Godspeed, and some calm adieux; No foolish tear the father's eyelash stained, And Winthrop's cheek as guiltless shone of dew. A slight publicity, such as obtained In classic Rome, these few last hours attended. The day arrived, the train and depot gained, The mayor's own presence this last act commended The train moved off and here the first ...

— Complete Poetical Works of Bret Harte • Bret Harte

... her, even if it would, from the publicity in which trials are conducted? You might touch the magistrates' hearts; but there are fifty journalists who, since this crime, have been cutting their pens and getting their paper ready. Do you think that, to please us, they would suppress the scandalous proceedings which I ...

— The Mystery of Orcival • Emile Gaboriau

... paint again as a way of filling up awkward pauses. Deronda stood perfectly still, recognizing his mistake as to publicity, but also conscious that his repugnance was not much diminished. He was the reverse of satisfied either with himself or with Hans; but the power of being quiet carries a man well through moments of embarrassment. ...

— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot

... of his baptism, which, because Ramiro wished it, for a certain secret reason, was carried out with as much formal publicity as the circumstances would allow. Indeed, several priests officiated at the rite, Adrian's sponsors being his father and the estimable Hague Simon, who was paid a gold piece for his pains. While the sacrament ...

— Lysbeth - A Tale Of The Dutch • H. Rider Haggard

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