It's difficult to know what you're looking for so I can only try to answer.  If I was presenting an article I'd put it in as good a light as possible. Perhaps you could try something like this.

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(This is really a comment on Didge Doo's answer, but I'm putting it here so more people might enjoy the link.)

Your style in this answer reminds me of the "If by Whiskey" speech.

(The label if-by-whiskey refers to a 1952 speech by Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., a young lawmaker from the U.S. State of … Read more