And I know I just spent a paragraph waxing skeptical about new blockchains, but Zcash is — like Ethereum was — a fundamental technological advance, not just a new project using the same technology.
Issa also spent a paragraph to repeat allegations about the non-longer operational ACORN.
Does the implicit declaration that this was the worst year for books in the history of this feature truly withstand scrutiny, or could it be that you've chosen to fetishize your own ungenerous selectivity rather than spend a single paragraph of extra praise on any of the dozens of other books worth your consideration and potential recommendation?
At this point I'd love to spend a few paragraphs going through the research, explaining what the scientists involved did and pointing out any issues with their methodology; it makes these things a lot easier to write.
Trump did spend a few paragraphs near the beginning of his speech attempting once again to revisit his reactions to Charlottesville, and the speechwriter did a particularly fine job of weaving it in on the theme of [I am paraphrasing, here]: "The military doesn't put up with any racism or hatred in its ranks, so they deserve to come home to an America that also rejects such hatred".
A polemic is nothing without passion, and Alterman's argumentative vigor is engaging, although his focus sometimes drifts, and he can happily spend an entire paragraph upbraiding Howard Kurtz for having said that William Kristol's being a Mets fan proves him to be "contrarian".
She might spend a day on a paragraph, three hours on a word which requires tremendous concentration and willpower.
He spends a mere paragraph on what is probably the book's most cinematic moment, when on the third day of the trials in Phillips County, George Murphy, a white, 79-year-old ex-Confederate soldier hired by the N.A.A.C.P. to act as the lead attorney while Jones labored on the details, "clutched his chest and collapsed to the floor".
The Los Angeles Times spent a full paragraph on a vignette about two high school prom dresses.
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As this column has developed over the last few months, I've spent many a paragraph trying to bring to life some of that magic but with some conservation methods, seeing is believing.
