Organizing those passages often became the task of editors as much as of writers.
The task of editor-in-chief is onerous, time-consuming and largely thankless.
To simplify or, rather, to remove one set of complications from their task, three editors (Hall, Howard, Strand) went so far as to limit themselves to deceased poets.
A new online medical journal devoted to neglected tropical diseases was founded last week, and the first task its editors faced was choosing which ailments to snub.
Perhaps the most difficult task facing editors was in choosing front page headlines to accompany pictures of Murray holding aloft the trophy.
My reverence for Thoreau's work has prompted in me a rigorous vigilance in keeping to an absolute minimum any creative aspect of my tasks as editor.
In this situation, the primary task for editors, in Zhao's (2000) view, is not to inform the masses but rather to stimulate their action as well as to change their values, beliefs, and behaviors.
I also encountered glimpses of that major bulwark against disintegration of the state – Kenya's well-educated, well-informed middle class – when I was tasked by an editor with the job of looking for a supporter of John McCain.
Several correspondents at The Atlantic took Professor Ferguson to task, including associate editor Matthew O'Brien who carried out an extensive "fact-check" on the piece.
Picking the 50 women making the greatest impact on the Long Island economy was not an easy task, said John Kominicki, editor and publisher of the weekly Long Island Business News, which asked its readers and those of more than 100 community newspapers to send in nominations.
