Word: paragrapher
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...Dennis introduced me to Grave Digger, which weighs 10,400 lbs., has 1,400 horsepower and gets five gallons to the mile. This is the manliest paragraph I will ever write...
Come on, hurry up. The clock is ticking. This column will self-destruct in 60 seconds. Haven't reached the end of the first paragraph yet? That'll be another 25 cents, please...
...Rossellini was kept in Blue Velvet; the images of secret lovemaking on dank and silent Washington summer evenings; new old girlfriends turning up on a weekly basis, talking of being told not to talk. One could swim down into this stuff or pretend to sail above it (as this paragraph somewhat does) and swim while sailing...
...presentation of scientific theories as proof positive that we have unlocked one of the greatest mysteries of all time is pure folly. The scenario of absolute, total cataclysmic destruction of everything is irresponsible. For those of us with a faith in a higher power, the story's final paragraph was the ultimate atheistic tweak of the nose: "a disembodied digital intelligence" may survive to note "an unimaginably vast, cold, dark and profoundly lonely place." Did the writer experience a jolt of perverse, sadistic joy in writing these depressing words? Shame on all of you for your pseudoscientific Chicken Littleism. LYNNE...
...Condit's lawyer has said the affidavit was a draft, and contained a paragraph up top telling Smith she could alter or edit any portion of the document. But such assurances may not be enough if the affidavit was false on its face, and Condit did urge her to sign it as is. Beyond that, the case could come down to dueling dictionaries. Remember Bill Clinton's riff on "the meaning of 'is'"? The word "romantic," contained in the Smith-Condit affidavit, might be subject to similar parsing: "I do not and have not had a romantic relationship with Congressman...