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• Gillette® Fusion Phenom™ and JET Magazine's Phenomenally Smooth Brother

  - 2008-06-30

  In spring 2008, JET Magazine teamed up with Gillette@ Fusion Phenom[TM] for the Phenomenally Smooth Brothers Barbershop Tour. The exclusive event was held in five major cities and catered to male JET readers who were treated to complimentary barber shaves, the hottest grooves from local DJs, back and hand massages,...

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• Celebrities congratulate JET on 55th Anniversary

  - 2006-11-13

  JET has a different meaning and significance to each of its readers. Celebrities are no different. The following celebrities, whose lives and careers have been covered in JET, share what the magazine has meant to them as they celebrate its amazing longevity. Aretha Franklin: "JET covered so accurately Black...

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• Jet magazine honored

  - 2005-03-21

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: JET MAGAZINE HONORED: Washington Post staff writer Theola Labbe, president of the Washington, D.C., Association of Black Journalists WABJ, presents a proclamation to EBONY Magazine Senior Editor Kevin Chappell during the WABJ's recent "The Black Press: Then and Now" celebration held at BET headquarters in the...

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• Lancaster New Era, Pa., Business Briefs Column.

  - 2003-07-24

  Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24--PHONE GROUP NAMES 'DISTINGUISHED MEMBER': The Pennsylvania Telephone Association has named Joseph J. Laffey its "Distinguished Member of the Year." Laffey, regulatory vice president at D&E Communications Inc., serves PTA...

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• Lancaster New Era, Pa., Business Briefs Column.

  - 2003-07-24

  Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24--LANCASTER COUNTY, PA., CONTRACTORS WIN HONORS: Two county contractors won a pair of "best of category" honors apiece in the annual "Excellence in Construction" competition sponsored by the Keystone Chapter of Associated...

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• Corrections

  - 2002-06-03

  In the May 20, 2002, JET, the photo taken of JET Beauty Danielle Greenwood was mistakenly credited. The actual photographer is Tony Cooper ... In the May 27, 2002 issue of JET Magazine, the dates for "This Week In Black History" were transposed. The dates should be: May 22, 1966,...

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• Edna Mae Robinson, ex-wife of boxing champ Sugar Ray Robinson, dies; first cover subject of JET Magazine

  - 2002-05-27

  Edna Mae Robinson, the ex-wife of boxing great "Sugar Ray" Robinson and a celebrated dancer at Harlem's Cotton Club, recently died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in her Manhattan home. She was 86. Born Edna Mae Holly, the noted dancer toured Europe with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway in...

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• Correction

  - 2002-04-22

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: In the April 15, 2002 issue of JET Magazine, the photograph of Brandy on the Top 20 Singles page was misidentified. JET regrets the error. The multitalented songstress currently is at No. 4 on the chart with her hit single What About Us? from her album...

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• Jet fuels student's bodies, minds during Howard visits

  - 2001-12-24

  JET FUELS STUDENTS' BOODIES, MINDS DURING HOWARD VISIT: Theneshia Dixon and Natasha Pegram (front, 2nd and 3rd, 1), both students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., get a welcome study break when JET Magazine made a stop at the campus during midterms and gave Howard students food, toiletries and other...

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• Celebrities share their fondest memories of Jet on its 50th anniversary

  - 2001-11-26

  Over its 50 years, JET has held a different attraction and significance to each of its loyal readers. For many of our male readers, when they think of JET, they immediately think of the Beauty of the Week page. For others, it is a certain feature stow on their...

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