Word: paragrapher
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...that moment, Chafee could have answered "not much." He and six other members of a self-styled "rump" group of moderate Democrats and Republicans had little more than a five-paragraph outline of a proposal. By week's end the group had lost one supporter but had forged ahead, led by Chafee and Louisiana Democrat John Breaux, and presented a 30-page draft plan to Moynihan. A 100- page draft was promised for this week...
...when Green left his post to return to theeconomics department, Harvard's reaction borderedon the bizarre. The 20-paragraph announcement didnot actually mention Green's departure until thefinal sentence...
...only two to three sentences per paragraph. Have a catchy lead...
...eponymous narrator, a self-contained middle-aged law professor at Harvard, introduces himself in the opening paragraph with passive-voiced modesty: "Relationships did not stick to me." The time is 1974, and Max, who is fleeing from the wreckage of his first marriage, is a summer-house guest on Lake Como, where he encounters the two characters who will shape his life over the next 20 years: Charlie Swan, a Harvard classmate from the 1950s turned famous architect, whom Max remembers as the campus Lothario; and Toby, a poised and polymorphous teenager who is soon to become Charlie's protege...
...record that prompts high expectations, which is exactly what Painton's colleagues have. "What Priscilla brings to the table," says White House correspondent Michael Duffy, "is the relentless attention that you want in an editor about every paragraph, as well as a reporter's eye for the new detail. It's quite a mix." Indeed it is, and with Painton in charge of business coverage, we look forward to a lot more than a paper trail...