1.   Breuer began his career in Vienna, where he was born, writing for the Viennese daily Neue Freie Presse.

2.   But give him his space and his writing is still worth reading.

3.   Etudes, which are pieces written specifically as virtuoso studies, provided a welcome break from the standard competition repertoire.

4.   How could it be otherwise when the communicants are faceless and voiceless, many writing under assumed names?

5.   I wrote four pages of what I thought was creative writing, or what I could remember creative writing had been.

6.   If there is something to write home about in the dance world, it is the startlingly imaginative work of the Chinese-born choreographer Shen Wei.

7.   If it was a screenplay written by someone with a flair for the dramatic, the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway would have come down to the final lap.

8.   Mine is vertical writing.

9.   Rarely written about is his disarming intellect, a sort of Buddhist-like insight and peace that seems so surreal it often appears suspect to cynical journalists.

10.   That means that if a reasonable person concludes that what was said or written was a threat, then it is a threat.