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Diligent editing and proof-reading are vital if a book is to be considered as a worthwhile read.
Jill Abramson, the managing editor for news, said, "It is difficult, even when you do the most diligent editing, not to leave the appearance" of calling the winner.
And yet, at the same time, it evolves into a deeply felt and often moving story — a story that with some diligent editing might have ranked right up there with "The World According to Garp" (1978) and "A Widow for One Year" (1998) as one of Mr. Irving's more powerful works.
It involves learned skills, unhurried imagination, fastidious drafting, diligent editing, even the time to step away, then step back, to go over it all again.
Kakutani was also critical of the novel, saying that with some "diligent editing" it could have equaled some of Irving's more powerful works, in particular The World According to Garp (1978) and A Widow for One Year (1998).
We also thank Drs. Qien Wang and Mohamed El-Mahdy and James Van-Hulle for their help with various experiments and Keisha Milum for diligent editing of the manuscript.
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The publication of his first long poem, "Ha-matmid" ("The Diligent Talmud Student"), in the periodical Ha-shiloaḥ (edited by Aḥad Haʿam) established his reputation as the outstanding Hebrew poet of his time.
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