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  • Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The following garrulous, unsigned, single-paragraph article about my great-grandfather, entitled “Mr. John William Trumble,” appeared on the front page of Cricket, Vol. 5, No. 119, on Thursday, May 27, 1886:

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • She opened herself to criticism by joining a single-paragraph judgment confirming New Haven's decision to throw out a test because no black applicants scored well enough to qualify for promotion.

    A different view on judicial activism 2009

  • As will an opening paragraph that states clearly and concisely why the writer decided to query this agent, as opposed to any other; a well-crafted single-paragraph elevator speech for the book; some indication of the target market, and a polite, respectful tone.

    Author! Author! » 2009 » August 2009

  • The Vietnamese authorities played down the visit -- Hanoi newspapers made just a single-paragraph mention of the Clintons 'arrival.

    Old Foes, New Fans 2008

  • At the end of each episode, I write a single-paragraph synopsis (analysis) and a single-paragraph review (opinion).

    Why, yes, I *am* a huge nerd. « Structure Geek 2008

  • As will an opening paragraph that states clearly and concisely why the writer decided to query this agent, as opposed to any other; a well-crafted single-paragraph elevator speech for the book; some indication of the target market, and a polite, respectful tone — the same basic elements, in short, as an effective verbal pitch.

    Author! Author! » 2008 » August 2008

  • As will an opening paragraph that states clearly and concisely why the writer decided to query this agent, as opposed to any other; a well-crafted single-paragraph elevator speech for the book; some indication of the target market, and a polite, respectful tone — the same basic elements, in short, as an effective verbal pitch.

    Author! Author! » Blog Archive » What should a query letter look like, anyway? Part II: the inevitable effects of competition at the feeding bowl 2008

  • The fact that this fellow gets two full pages of bile and invective out of a single-paragraph review of the Will and Grace series finale fills me with cackling glee.

    Letters From Neighborhood Bigots « Whatever 2006

  • They are a forecast of that astonishing single-paragraph set piece in Part Two, Chapter Nine, when we can tell what Rodolphe has just done to Emma because the whole landscape has an orgasm.

    No Way, Madame Bovary 2004

  • They are a forecast of that astonishing single-paragraph set piece in Part Two, Chapter Nine, when we can tell what Rodolphe has just done to Emma because the whole landscape has an orgasm.

    No Way, Madame Bovary 2004

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