ODP descriptions showing up in google

How long have the descriptions been showing up?

[amoore]

I noticed that in the Google search results that contain entries from the ODP that the descriptions show up along with the category. Let me demonstrate in a non-competitive fashion: If you search for "US Constitution Table of Articles" like this:

[google.com...]

the first one that comes up is a link to Cornell's Law school. It shows the page title, then the "ransome note", then the ODP description and category, then the link, cached and similar pages line.

I never noticed the ODP description line before the category line. Is this something new, or have I just been somewhat embarassingly ignorant for some time?

[amoore]

Hmm, after being a little more creative in my searching WebmasterWorld, it appears that this has been happening for a while and is pretty well known. Well, I thought it was pretty cool when I first noticed it, anyway.