Dear
An article entitled "name of article", written by [name
of author], appeared in your [date] issue of [periodical],
which found to be both informative and applicable to
our business.
We are requesting your permission to reproduce an abstract
from this article, with the appropriate acknowledgment,
to be used in our current brochure.
If this meets with your approval, would you please send
us a notice of authorization.
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