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To: JACKRUSSELL
Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed at reading a dozen one sentence paragraphs?
4 posted on 08/14/2008 8:10:38 PM PDT by chaos_5
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To: chaos_5

My old English composition professor, Dr. Ed Cronin, PhD would flunk the writer for that reason alone.


9 posted on 08/14/2008 8:22:51 PM PDT by shibumi (".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
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To: chaos_5; JACKRUSSELL
Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed at reading a dozen one sentence paragraphs?

It's a little better than having one dozen sentence paragraph.

21 posted on 08/14/2008 10:56:28 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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Is this better?
The Communist regime has spent billions on lavish sports venues, the world's biggest airport terminal, and a huge security operation. All this while sweatshop conditions are widespread and millions are still homeless after May's deadly earthquake in the region. Of course, the official line is the country’s 1.3 billion people are delighted that the Games have arrived. And the groundswell of pride and nationalist fervour in China is obvious. But privately there is anger from some that the leadership continues to declare that running a successful Games is its "number one priority". Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, some in the capital told Sky News the money would have been better spent on helping the country's poor. A 21-year-old student, gazing out across the futuristic cityscape at the "Bird's Nest" centrepiece, said: "It's terrible the money they wasted. "Millions of people live and work in terrible conditions, but the government doesn't think of them. "They have spent our taxes on buildings – and who does it help? It does nothing for the people of this country." A taxi driver, who has family in the impoverished Guizhou province, said: "It’s all for Beijing – but what about the rest of the country? "What about those who lost their homes in the earthquake? What about the people who try to feed their families and send their children out to work?" The estimated £20bn spent on the 29th Olympiad represents nearly £20 for every Chinese citizen – in a country where many survive on £1 a day......

22 posted on 08/14/2008 10:58:40 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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