Word: paragraphs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the reporter successfully incorporates her personal opinions into the entire story. I will address primarily her lead paragraph because it sets the tone for the rest of the story. The lead states that the Undergraduate Council at its most recent meeting "became tangled in the sort of procedural arguments that some observers say have periodically 'strangled' its effectiveness this year." I consider this assertion to be inappropriate for several reasons...
...that others might perceive the Council as "a body of rules, not a body that looks at issues"; his quote in context does not imply an endorsement of such a perception. Also included in support of the assertion that "observers" feel a certain way about procedures is a quoteless paragraph describing alleged "objections on the part of community members" that a Council committee was "too tied up in procedures" when discussing the Pi Eta Speakers Club newsletter. The reporter fails to point out that at a Council meeting the night before that committee meeting those same procedures, which tend...
...such criticisms inevitably fall on deaf ears. They are not trying to take an objective tone, the Sparts will tell you. They are about the formulation of revolutionary politics. One paragraph from "Young Spartacus" summarizes their political philosophy...
Trevor tends to connect his chosen selection of writings with rather dry, cursory remarks. But in more extended passages, such as the fascinating and powerfully-felt paragraph comparing the literary aspects of England and Ireland in the nineteenth century, Trevor's voice takes on the tone of a refreshingly enthusiastic, rather than a dutiful, guide. For example, talking about the playwright Sean O'Casey, Trevor says that...
...employees at Bechtel, the international construction firm with headquarters in San Francisco (1983 revenues: $14 billion), rarely get much personal correspondence from Chairman Stephen Bechtel Jr., 58. Many of them therefore were surprised last week when they received an eight-paragraph "management memo" directly from the chairman and signed simply "Steve." Once they started reading, surprise turned to shock. "Over the weekend," began the memo, "you have probably read or heard news-media reports of allegations that a consultant may have made improper payments in Korea. These allegations are very serious since they attack our most valuable asset-Bechtel...