TIME has sometimes been known to describe how many thousands of words our correspondents filed to us on a given story, and how many books a researcher worked her way through to provide background for a writer. But we never brag about how many words it takes to bring the story to the reader. We would rather be praised for economy.
And we prefer not to regard it as waste if a great many words are required at the outset to establish a point that eventually can be made simply. We find such detailed preparation...
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