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Bill Shapiro is the former editor of Life magazine. He is now Time Inc's Development Editor and the author of Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See and Other People's Rejection Letters.

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'Other People's Rejection Letters': 9 More Of The Craziest Rejection Letters (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted June 3, 2010 | 07:30:09 (EST)

We're at an unprecedented moment in the history of rejection. On one hand, there's the dismal economy which makes jobs and mortgages and platinum-card upgrades harder than ever to come by. On the other, email and texting makes dashing off a rejection letter easier than ever. So what should you...

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'Other People's Rejection Letters': 8 Of The Craziest Rejection Letters (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted May 11, 2010 | 08:15:08 (EST)

Graduation season is now upon us and you know what that means: Before America's bright-eyed college seniors can collect diplomas and toss caps, they'll be subjected to all kinds of commencement speech wisdom. For instance:

"My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle...

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Other People's Love Letters

Posted February 13, 2008 | 10:29:59 (EST)

The first time I read a love letter that wasn't addressed to me, my heart danced a guilty little dance.

A confession: Not only wasn't the letter mine, but it was written to a woman I was dating. She was in her bedroom, deciding on shoes; I was killing time...

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