While we are on the subject of GR8
Here is some Science writing (from an email list)
The Atlantic Monthly has it but they charge $$$ :-(
The Greatest Opening Paragraph in a Work of Non-Fiction:
"Julian Skidmore is lithe and petite, with small wrists and delicate features, and a serene but determined countenance. Watching Skidmore at work for a while, her auburn hair held back by a blue ribbon, a glint of light catching the small pearl in each earlobe, I was reminded of Gainsborough's portrait of the young Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Then Skidmore removed her left arm from a camel's rectum, peeled off a shoulder-length Krause Super-Sensitive disposable examination glove, and said, "Can I make you a cup of coffee?" She had completed eight of the morning's sixteen ultrasound scans. It was time for a break."
--from Lulu, Queen of the Camels, by Cullen Murphy
Atlantic Monthly, October 1999
Posted by DaveH at July 11, 2005 12:49 AM