Word: detailism
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...features a DVD player, five 40-watt speakers and an 80-watt subwoofer. I had avoided home-entertainment centers because I figured the setup would be horrible; this one took me five minutes without once peeking at the manual, thanks to Sony's user-friendly design and attention to detail (down to the color-coded wires...
...been pretty smooth sailing. I’m a general assignment reporter, writing just under four stories a week. Many of them have been soft stories, so I’ve tried to sharpen my writing and work on my ability to describe people and situations in detail. I think I’m getting better, though it’s still a story-by-story debate with my editors, who often want to chop my longer sentences in two—sentences I use to try and tell stories more fluidly. I’ve really enjoyed working...
...surprise announcement drew metric tons of media attention, and kept the vacationing President firmly in the spotlight. Saturday, Bush had left Washington for his ranch in Crawford, Texas on a high in the wake of several legislative triumphs, and his press office made sure each reporter had memorized every detail. In the course of one week, the Bushies noted, the President won over the famously hardheaded Charlie Norwood on the patients? bill of rights, shepherded his energy bill through the House, and spread new enthusiasm for his education bill. It was a remarkable week, we were reminded, and incredibly efficient...
...More than happy to discuss the tiniest detail in a piece of legislation, or to comb through propositions geared towards her new home state, Clinton is guarded when it comes to her husband. And that disinclination to expose her much-discussed marriage seems to be serving her very well...
...daily incident report of violence is once again growing too long to recount in detail. Settlers shot here; an Hamas activist rocketed in his car there; a suicide bombing foiled; a home destroyed by tank fire. The failure of the U.S.-brokered cease-fire to take hold has left the Israelis relying increasingly on their overwhelming technological advantage to track and eliminate Palestinians accused of organizing terror attacks. Last week's laser-guided missile attack that killed eight people in and around a Hamas office in Nablus was followed by further Israeli missile strikes in the West Bank on Saturday...