Bill Walsh
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Bill Walsh
William Ernest Walshwas the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal football team, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 November 1931
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.
There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.
The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.
Used properly a hashtag can be really cool. Hashtags provide an opportunity for sly editorial comment, for parallel and perpendicular trains of thought, in the limited space that Twitter and, to some extent, Facebook provide.
I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."
Everybody isn't everybody.
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
Commit yourself to something you have a passion for.
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
Writing headlines is a specialty-there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
There is an extensive sand plain extending as far as the eye can see in the vicinity of the drop location. The slope is very shallow and essentially appears flat when you're down there. While the bottom is sand, showing ripples from long shore currents, it is by no means devoid of life. On the contrary, it appeared to be a very productive sand community undoubtedly with lots of mollusks and crustaceans.