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Word: paragraphs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opening paragraph of the Pi Eta newsletter reads as follows...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

...Peter Jennings used two of them in an opening paragraph on Super Tuesday. So did CBS's Dan Rather. NBC's Tom Brokaw employed a couple of them too, and his colleague Roger Mudd followed with a whole string. The popular words and phrases were variations on that old stand-by of political reporting, the expectations game-this candidate did better or worse "than expected," that candidate "had to" win here or capture some specified percentage of the vote there-and they set the tone for the evaluation of the evening's results. In a nomination battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Freights and Side Rails | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

Lang makes almost no enemies in the classroom, where colleagues say his vigorous, interactive teaching style creates an electricity for learning. Many letters in The File begin with a quick paragraph thanking Lang for old classroom experiences...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Putting the Squeeze on Bureaucrats | 3/21/1984 | See Source »

...that Kurzman attacks. He claims that the fact that Israel is surrounded by hostile neighbors can no longer be used as an excuse. The question is excuse for what? Certainly being surrounded by hostile neighbors is good justification for the arms buildup that Kurzman calls "immoral" in his first paragraph. Does Mr. Kurzman expect Israel to lead the way in a movement to end the arms race when most of her neighbors are still bent on retaking Jerusalem? It seems that Mr.Kurzman feels that because of divisions in the Arab world, Israel is safe. Need I remained him that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No More Excuses | 2/22/1984 | See Source »

...United States message of condolence preceded Vice President Bush's delegation to the funeral to arrive in Moscow Tuesday. The statement contained, strangely enough, the Administration's throw-away paragraph usually reserved to excuse bad relations with the Russians: "...the United States has sought and will continue to seek a constructive and realistic dialogue and the reduction of arms." This is a truly odd sentence in a letter of condolence for a leader with whom one has not been able to negotiate at all, unless of course it was meant ironically. It's good to know we will continue...

Author: By Jonathan S. Sapers, | Title: Yuri Is Dead; Long Live... | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

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