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DIARY: Looking for love in all the wrong places? Try a spot of speed dating.(Brief Article)

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| June 07, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For those ad industry singletons looking for love it seems that, just like the trade itself, the way to a busy exec's heart lies in speed, efficiency, ruthlessness and, er, research.

Forget about the drunken pull at the IPA training course or the brushing of knees beneath the awards night table. What you need is speed dating - the next 'hot' trend from the US. At 40dates Anight.co.uk, you get exactly what it says on the tin, and, let's face it, apart from an awards do, when else do you get the chance to get drunk and make passes at wildly inappropriate people you'd never even look twice at in a bus queue?

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