Word: paragraphed
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...opposite extreme, a foreign correspondent I used to edit would weave elaborate tales of international intrigue, ending each delirious paragraph with the vestigial incantation, ". . . according to sources." Even he felt that by merely declaring he had "sources" -- never mind who or where -- he was allaying suspicions that he might be making...
...University of Michigan, along with analogous flaps at Howard, Duke and Harvard. But he rarely transcends his material; the writing is earnest, the details repetitive and the analysis predictable. Many of the best quotes and anecdotes in Illiberal Education turn out to be secondhand prose. A pivotal paragraph that argues that affirmative action lowers the self-esteem of black students is buttressed not by firsthand interviews but merely by citations from newspaper articles...
...cane." In the latter months of 1990, Michael was conducting interviews for a future story about the resurgence of Goddess worship, talking to people around the country who could help assess the movement and put it in historical perspective. The story appears in this issue, and after the final paragraph you will see the words "Reported by Michael P. Harris/New York." It is his last byline...
...page return, I got, just six days later, yet another nice letter from Glynda Hankins, this one informing me that "the information you requested is enclosed." Except that it was not. Enclosed instead were a copy of the basic "who must file" instructions (someone had underlined, in purple, the paragraph about widows and widowers) and a photocopy of a death certificate for a man named Clyde Majors, who had died in 1988 of "myocardial infarction due to a ruptured esophagus." ("WARNING:" read the bottom of the death certificate the IRS had photocopied for me, "Any reproduction of this document...
...complicated social arrangement and a daunting challenge for a lone teacher, who may have to juggle pupils in as many as nine grades with creativity and coherence. At Pine Grove, which has a total of nine students in eight grades, first-grader Becky Stanton meanders through a paragraph about American Indians while sixth-grader Nicole Phipps, sitting inches away, considers the difference between a kilometer and a hectometer. Their teacher, Elaine Savage, moves smoothly from one girl to the other. "They're growing corn and beans," Savage explains to Becky. And, in the next breath, to Nicole: "Move the decimal...