Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes.

On the analogy of 'Dictionary Johnson,' we call Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the just-published Yale Book of Quotations (well worth the $50 price), 'Quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro does original research, earning his 1,067-page volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett's and Oxford's.

Never feel guilty about reading, it's what you do to do your job.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace.

You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.

Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?