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On the Map is peppered with such compelling and bizarre anecdotes, some to do with recurring cartographic howlers (because map makers, like cookery writers, copy one another).

Carter and Andersen would "Spy-ify" writers' copy, often completely rewriting it to get the tone — equal parts venom and glee — just right.

Ross persisted, though, and Thurber was kept busy rewriting and processing other writers' copy, being paid a small salary without extra compensation for any pieces of his own that found their way into the magazine.

More, because he turned Harold Ross, the creator and first editor of The New Yorker, into a legend, the Casey Stengel of American letters, the guy who wanted to know if Moby Dick was the whale or the man and who scribbled "Who he?" all over his writers' copy.

Shotup of this was that Luce, embarrassed, printed a retraction; now often removes too-vivid phrasing from writers' copy.

That cellphone might not tickle your fancy, but it would never make it to the market without the awesomeness of the industrial designers, technical writers, copy editors, draftsmen, interns, quality assurance folks, human resources professionals, marketing experts, delivery drivers, and security guards.

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(Other writers copied him)..

Many other writers copied elements of his style, including the stick figure and the halo, even the name: there was Stay Cool 149 and Super High 149.

Each writer copied a given text in the normal writing style on page 1 while on page 2 the writers copied the given text using only uppercase letters.

Camel artifact displayed in the Shaanxi History Museum #7 Beilin Museum Back before printing presses, writers copying manuscripts couldn't be trusted not to make mistakes.

Today's writers might copy his approach, and start fretting that Brazil has left us on the verge of a serious banana.

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