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Hank Kleinberg
Which is more depressing: The people who made this, or the person who bought it?
Lead is a metallic substance. It’s not the past tense of lead. The past tense is led.
Inexplicably means in a way you can’t explain. This quote needed inextricably, which means in a way that can’t be separated.
Missile fragments weren’t launched into Israel. Say: “…from fragments of missiles launched into Israel…”
Firings is plural. Fear, in this case, is treated as singular. So: “Fear of FBI mass firings ramps up.”
Imagine all those locals and vistors (visitors?) who were broken up by crashing surf, wind and sand, but still were drawn to this ship’s story. Stirring.
We are going to guess they don’t want to know how you enjoyed doing the survey. Easy fix: “If you get a survey and enjoyed your experience here…”
If a headline says a meteor impact was caught on camera, SHOW IT! And don’t make things worse by showing a different meteor which landed in a different part of the world and which is just sitting there.
Items before the Assizes:
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! On the docket:
Motion: Recently a TV anchor said, “The New York Times Editorial Board wrote an op-ed this week…” An op-ed is an essay, almost always by a guest writer, that appears on the page opposite the editorials. Why it’s called op-ed. So did the Times editorial board write an op-op-ed? Actually, just an editorial.
Rules Committee: CONCUR.
And we go to the video archives for Segment 86: Without Fear or Favor.
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