Word: paragrapher
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...Griffel's bitter demeanor, his prose was horrendous. If I were to read the column out loud, it may sound correct. I would expect from a newspaper, however, articles which are more firmly grounded in proper English written style. Not once in the entire article could I find a paragraph with more than two complete sentences, As a result, the column read more like a barrage of accusations rather than an essay or informative article...
...found it curious that in Nan Zheng's front page report on the donation ("Couple Donates Record $13M To Law School," news story, Oct. 7, 1994), Mrs. Hauser's professional should be relegated to the third-to-the-last paragraph, printed on page seven. It seems, to say the least, disrespectful to the benefactress and, by extension, disrespectful to the future professional women of Harvard University...
...printing Mr. Hauser's profession in the second paragraph and reserving Mrs. Hauser's to the last page, the article implies that her portion of the donation is secondary at best, when clearly she is not only a successful professional woman but a concerned and active member of the Harvard community...
...story, I tried to illustrate the utter badness of the day for Harvard. I mentioned the gridders' anemic offensive performance and its lame defensive effort. I then tried to square off the paragraph with this wisecrack: "Even the band's performance was more cryptic than usual...
...next morning's paper, he was in the lead paragraph in the top story. Enraged, he told a mutual friend and Crimson editor that I should stay away from Lowell House, if I wanted to stay healthy...