Comments on: Zen and the Art of New York Times Headline Writing http://www.entropy.in/zen-and-the-art-of-new-york-times-headline-writing/ Both what you run from and what you yearn for are within you Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: michele roohani http://www.entropy.in/zen-and-the-art-of-new-york-times-headline-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-987 michele roohani Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:43:01 +0000 http://www.entropy.in/?p=986#comment-987 what an interesting article ajay! i, personally, love the Economist's headlines. http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/06/the_best_and_worst_of_the_econ.html They make me smile while reading very serious/sad articles... The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." They have a consistent world view expressed, consistently, in tight and engaging prose. what an interesting article ajay! i, personally, love the Economist’s headlines. http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/06/the_best_and_worst_of_the_econ.html
They make me smile while reading very serious/sad articles…

The Economist claims it “is not a chronicle of economics.” Rather, it aims “to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.” They have a consistent world view expressed, consistently, in tight and engaging prose.

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