There's A Sophisticated Area Of The Business Called "pending.

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There's a sophisticated area of the business called "pending." When you
call your agent about a particular job, he never says he can't get you the
job. He says you are "pending" for the job. In the same sense that an
acne-covered high school student holding a Playboy magazine is "pending" to
make it with the centerfold model.
-- Richard Jeni

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