“Andrew is such a diplomatic name. Or at least it is for the first three letters, as and is a word that works hard to join things together and promote cohesiveness.”
“Working together as a team helps build a cohesive organization.”
“That the last two letters in her name were the first two in his, a silly thing he never mentioned to her but caused him to believe that they were bound together.”
“And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what I want it to do.”
“Her letter bled from word to word, in three sour sentences.”
“AcknowledgementsWith grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers.”