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1.
... press agents.   12&12 p.181, Tradition Eleven
It resulted in more favorable publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.


2.
... press also, to observe this request, for ...   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
Very earnestly we ask the press also, to observe this request, for otherwise we shall be greatly handicapped.

3.
... press, and films to make their point.   12&12 p.157, Tradition Six
Of course, they would use the resources of radio, press, and films to make their point.

4.
... press could not understand our refusal of ...   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
In the beginning, the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity.

5.
... press have attached themselves to us as ...   12&12 p.181, Tradition Eleven
On almost every newsfront, the men and women of the press have attached themselves to us as friends.


6.
... press in 1976, achieved a circulation of ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The third edition, which came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.


7.
... press in November 2001, at the start ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
This fourth edition of "Alcoholics Anonymous" came off press in November 2001, at the start of a new millennium.

8.
... press of America thought the anonymity of ...   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
There was actually a time when the press of America thought the anonymity of A.A. was better for us than some of our own members did.

9.
... press our point insistently.   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
This will tempt us to argue, or to press our point insistently.

10.
... press, radio, and films."   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films."


11.
... press, radio and films.   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Eleven -- Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.

12.
... (press, radio, films, and television), anonymity -- 100 ...   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
At this altitude (press, radio, films, and television), anonymity -- 100 percent anonymity -- was the only possible answer.


13.
... press, radio, TV and films.   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
It was decided that all members ought to be anonymous at the level of press, radio, TV and films.


14.
... press, together with innumerable others who became ...   BB xx, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Another reason for the wide acceptance of A.A. was the ministration of friends -- friends in medicine, religion, and the press, together with innumerable others who became our able and persistent advocates.

15.
... press was delighted with this attitude.   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
The press was delighted with this attitude.


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