Word: windedness
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Bigger does not always mean better, and parts of the new version are unnecessarily long-winded and could be chopped. In particular, descriptions of some of the fighting, though gripping, are hard to follow: the reader is sucked into a vortex of almost incomprehensible battlefield jargon.
While the furor grew last week, the student newspaper the Plainsman proposed its solution to the crisis: "No more long-winded analyses on the controversy. Dr. Funderburk, for the good of Auburn University, please resign." But President Funderburk, saying he is indeed acting for the good of the university, insists...
IN A RECENT edition of Business Week, a 16-page advertising section full of glossy color photos and long-winded explanations tried to convince American companies to invest in South Africa. "Economy set to surge ahead," claimed the ads, which explained the country "is undergoing a process of adjustment and...
Down the line for 1984: Let's tackle some long-winded and paper-wasting Russian writers: we'll contain Dostoevsky to A Note from the Underground. Two if absolutely necessary.
Were God and his inspired scriptural writers unforgivably long-winded? Could they have benefited, like other authors, from a dose of tough-minded, un-worshipful editing? Verily, saith the Reader's Digest, and last week it brought forth the Reader's Digest Bible. Priced at $16.95, it is...