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cannep
 Post subject: There's stupid:
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:13 pm 
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>Miner in Guinea digs up 182-carat diamond<p>>CONAKRY, Guinea -- There's lucky: Finding a diamond when you're a young miner sweating it out in the west African forests of Guinea. And there's too lucky: finding a 182-carat stone, that everyone - starting with the government of Guinea - wants a piece of.<p>>Result: the stone - four times the size of the famous Hope diamond - was tucked away Monday deep in the vaults of Guinea's Central Bank, no pictures, please.<p>>And the 25-year-old miner who found it, if not exactly in hiding, was making himself scarce. No interviews, please.<p>
There's stories: investigative pieces and 80-inch poetic features. Then there's stories you don't want to do: everything else.<p>Result: A piece of garbage with far too many cute punctuation marks and clauses. <p>No copy changes, please.
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paulwiggins
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Know what you mean. CONAKRY, Guinea -- sounds a good place to send such folk.
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I knew when I saw this one that someone would post here about it. :) I ran the story, but I definitely did a good amount of rewriting so it wouldn't sound like crap.
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