Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Special Leads

Narative/Interesting
Aislyn Gleghorn, now 4 weeks old, may find she has a certain fondness for windstorms when she grows up.
After all, she was conceived during the great Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm of 2006, which left more than a million Puget Sound residents without electricity — some for days.
-Seattle Times "Did last year's winter storm result in a "baby boomlet?"
By Carol M. Ostrom

Narative/Question
It's the second Monday of school year, and at Park Orchard Elementary in Kent, half-a-dozen 5-year-old hands shoot into the air when Georgia Nielsen asks her first question of the class.
"How many of you know only some English?"
Seattle Times-Schools struggle to meet goals
By Karen Johnson

Stacato
That voice. It's unmistakably Scranton, Pa. It's loud to the point of being bombastic and echoes off the walls of the Furtado Center.
Seattle Times-Sonics' new coach making himself heard
By Percy Allen

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