But why?

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:35 am

By ART HOVEY
You could call it "A Tale of Two Grocery Stores," and you could quickly conclude that these are the best of times and the worst of times for country-of-origin labeling. (Lincoln Journal Star)***What goes through the mind of a writer who decides on a "Tale of Two Cities" lead? Or a "call it" lead? Imagine Art as he sat down at the keyboard and had both "ideas" simultaneously.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:37 am

HEADLINE: The best of times, and the worst . . . (Chicago Tribune)***You've got to be kidding me.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:39 am

Tale of two Augustas
The Masters will have pickets and politics, and skittish golfers ducking for coverBY JEFF SHAIN
It promises the best of times; it portends the worst of times. (Miami Herald)***Has the whole world gone stupid?***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:43 am

You're a high school senior - it's the best of times and the worst of times. (Syracuse Post-Standard)***You'd think we'd moved beyond this.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:46 am

By MONICA CORCORAN
IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times: it just depended on whom you knew. Inside White Lotus, a sexy, cavernous new nightclub with more buzz than a double latte, the ubiquitous Hilton sisters were gyrating atop a banquette and Leonardo DiCaprio was slouching in a booth nearby. ***This couldn't happen at the New York Times. Wait. Never mind.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:48 am

By LEE FOSTER
Mayor Diane Wheelock has submitted a budget proposal for 2003-04 that is about 4 percent higher than the current spending plan.
The $63.7 million proposal would boost the tax rate by 2.18 mills, said Wheelock, who prefaced her written introduction to the proposal with the opening from Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" -- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." (Hartford Courant)***That doesn't mean you have to mention it, Lee.***

ToddJBehme · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 9:35 am

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by blanp:
By LEE FOSTER
Mayor Diane Wheelock has submitted a budget proposal for 2003-04 that is about 4 percent higher than the current spending plan.
The $63.7 million proposal would boost the tax rate by 2.18 mills, said Wheelock, who prefaced her written introduction to the proposal with the opening from Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" -- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." (Hartford Courant)***That doesn't mean you have to mention it, Lee.***<hr></blockquote>Are you more stressed out about "best of times, worst of times" ledes than you apparently think the White House is about war?[ April 14, 2003: Message edited by: Todd J. Behme ]

tim · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2003 10:52 am

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by Todd J. Behme:
Are you more stressed out about "best of times, worst of times" ledes than you apparently think the White House is about war?[ April 14, 2003: Message edited by: Todd J. Behme ]<hr></blockquote>If you cannot get testy about these ledes at a Web site called "Testy Copy Editors," then you may as well shut down the entire Internet. That's true no matter what one thinks of ed iBush/war/stress story.

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