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At The Fort Worth Press, a penurious operation, he quickly rose to sports editor and held his young reporters to strict standards, castigating them regularly for tardiness, flowery writing, overseriousness and factual mistakes.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2016

Though fairly charged in the past with overseriousness, these days Blue Scholars couldn't sound more unforced loosening up.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2010