Meanwhile there's no reward for the gardening community which has followed the restrictions to the letter even getting up in the pitch dark at 6am on their allotted watering days.

同时，那些不折不扣地执行节水限令的种花的人们却得不到任何奖励，即使他们在浇花的日子里，早上6点天还漆黑就起来忙。

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While that sort of pitch letter is unusual, it's more an indication of poor forecasting than lousy returns.

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Still, you've got to wonder whatever happened to the old-fashioned pitch letter--or courtly introductions over the ninth hole.

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No PR firm can guarantee you editorial stories, but good publicists craft your press release or pitch letter (less formal presentation) to interest the media.

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