Pre was a brassy Duck freshman when he made the cover in June, 1970.

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And Pom already has been known as a pretty brassy outfit under founder and CEO Lynda Resnick.

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Asbury Park, for all its brassy bar bands and boardwalk barkers, was not immune to the times.

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Like popular music, art now attracts attention by being big, brassy and theatrical.

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Its old-school pot stills are giant brassy beasts -- topped by Shinto religious garlands -- and fired by powdered natural coal.

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Last year, this newspaper supported a brassy but revealing initiative, dubbed the Copenhagen Consensus, to set priorities for aid (see articles).

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Even so, the brassy agency has never worked on a political campaign.

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Atlantic City once had Young's Million-Dollar Pier, which became Hamid's Million-Dollar Pier: although gambling was never allowed there, the name encapsulated both brassy new entertainment and the off-chance of getting rich.

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