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...explain, in a nice pithy paragraph, how it is that 30 or 40 years from now people are going to look back on this trip...
...page; paradoxically, it means that I spend a tremendous amount of attention to it on the page. Poetry is the most intense and ultimately is for oral presentation. The page is a key to that. The rhythm of the book, the way you move from one paragraph to another, they are not so microform. They're more macro. When I read prose aloud I feel a little useless. I'm sort of looking for the line breaks and they aren't there...
...little thing here. Some rice would be very nice. But beware of price: they charge a dollar per little bowl, never enough for an entree. You'll get your check, you'll see the "rice" listed for a buck, and you'll be as bitter as this next paragraph...
...section leader is nervous. No one is answering his questions. Everyone's eyes are averted. You've read the first paragraph, looked at the maps, and skimmed page 56, "Conclusions." Perry, the annoying sophomore, is mustering up his courage. He's flipping through his notes, and clearing his throat...
...Sunday afternoon, just before leaving for a California speechmaking trip, Clinton met with Lake in the White House. Lake talked mostly about Russia, though he did mention that there had been a fire fight in Mogadishu and some American casualties; that was about all anyone knew. Clinton included a paragraph in a speech Sunday night expressing his regrets about the deaths but calling the mission "very successful." By Monday morning Clinton, returning to his hotel in San Francisco after an early jog, learned that the situation was more serious. He took a conference call from Lake, Secretary of Defense...