A perfect sentence

Because I love words (hello, I'm a writer), I love reading James Kilpatrick's column in the local Sunday paper. This week's was particularly good. It can be found here:

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We writers are always striving to create the perfect turn of phrase. In this column, J.K. gives us an example of a perfect sentence. It brought tears to my eyes:

Good reporters learn in their cradles that every word must count in a good lead. Nancie L. Katz provided an admirable example in the New York Daily News some months ago: "A two-bit burglar wound up a three-time loser yesterday when he drew a sentence of 18 years to life for a bungled break-in that left him a broken man."

Cool, huh?