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You Don't Overturn A Previous Court's Decisions Lightly And I Think Most Americans Are Somewhere In The Middle On Abortion And There's Not Going To Be A Revolution Here At All.

Dangling Punch Lines To Forgotten Stories Remain In The Language Like The Smile Of The Cheshire Cat.

Give Your Main Clause A Little Space. Prose Is Not Like Boxing; The Skilled Writer Deliberately Telegraphs His Punch, Knowing That The Reader Wants To Take The Message Directly On The Chin.

Avoid Overuse Of 'quotation “marks.”'

Sometimes I Know The Meaning Of A Word But Am Tired Of It And Feel The Need For An Unfamiliar, Especially Precise Or Poetic Term, Perhaps One With A Nuance That Flatters My Readership's Exquisite Sensitivity.