Word: paragraphed
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...chosen a more fitting title for his newest novel, “Tree of Smoke.” The novel is nearly as thick as a tree, reaching the epic length of 614 pages. And those hundreds of pages seem to contain nothing more than smoke.While each sentence, each paragraph, and each page is unapologetically lyrical and unabashedly grand, with a pronounced biblical undercurrent that promises depth, the work lacks substance, lacks true cohesion—lacks whatever it is that makes a work captivating, wonderful, or enjoyable.Despite its promise and its moments of greatness and beauty...
...droppingly provocative.The book ends with a chapter called “Escaping the Cave,” which seems at first to be an arrogant, all-encompassing account of human behavior and thought. Pinker writes his psychological and anthropological account of what human beings are like, every paragraph beginning with a phrase such as “human beings think this way...” or “human beings are such...” After six pages of this repetition, one is left asking: is Steven Pinker not a human being? Who is he to make these claims...
...warily repeats questions to himself, starts several answers before finding an avenue he likes and screws up his face and makes careful chopping movements with his hands as he talks in an effort to keep himself on track. Some of his sentences are longer than this paragraph...
...years past, former New York Knick and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley talked about being a "small-town boy" from Missouri; Gary Hart launched his 1984 bid by describing himself "as the son of Dust Bowl farm parents who never finished high school"; and in the opening paragraph of his announcement in 1974, Jimmy Carter said "I am a farmer, an engineer, a businessman, a planner, a scientist, a governor and a Christian." In this approach, biography is destiny...
...this reversal of precedent is worrisome, poaching abortion rights today; at worst, it is simply wrong—the first step toward completely denying a woman’s right to choose tomorrow.” The coup de grâce was saved, however, for the final paragraph: the Court’s “ill-considered decision will have the worst possible repercussions for American women.” Throughout The Crimson’s 400-odd-word jeremiad, not even one clause deigned to mount a practical defense of the procedure the editorial ostensibly intended...