The recital unfolded like a vast epic: intensely coloured, fiercely dramatic, generously expressive; every phrase mattered.
As he phrased matters, expressing the feelings of every writer who has had to submit his prose to the sub-literate invigilations of state hirelings: "The defenders of the press in this assembly have on the whole no real relation to what they are defending.
Phrasing matters too: In 1989, a poll found that far more respondents seemed to support interracial marriage when they were asked whether the government should "allow" the marriage (32%) vs. "forbid" such marriage (19%), even though, legally speaking, it's the exact same.
3. Word order and phrasing matter: In surveys, the exact same question can elicit substantially different results if questions are asked in a different order.
The use of the phrase "accounting matters" seemed to indicate that the company was considering changing its financial statements from the ones released last week.
My very first boss at American Express almost 20 years ago instilled in me the belief that words have power, and that how you phrase something matters.
My condition is not to be confused with Clinton Fatigue, where was grows tired of the commander-in-chief parsing every phrase about matters that do not impact the republic--this is much more severe.
But initially, he and the artist discussed incorporating the phrase "Lives Matter" or "All Lives Matter".
