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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      7. I was once an editor at the National Post, in the glorious days when Conrad Black was spending money like a drunk Charles Foster Kane.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      8. Black would send in occasional columns and reviews. In fax form. They'd run in section I was editing.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      9. Once Black sent in a column where there were a few run-on sentences that were a real mess.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      10. I was paid to edit, so I thought, "I'll fix these sentences. I don't want Black to look like a fool."

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      11. National Post computer system was wired so that the main editor Ken Whyte could see all the editing that is going on in real time.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      12. As I tried to unclog Black's sentences, I get a call from Ken Whyte. "Jeet, why are you changing Blacks prose. Run it as he wrote it."

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      13. So basically it was actually impossible to edit Black's prose at that time. Maybe he's more amenable now but I doubt it.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      14. My other Conrad Black story involves the time I broke my back while reviewing his FDR biography.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      15. I reviewed Conrad Black's FDR bio for an early issue of The Walrus. Book was typical Blackian 1,000 page plus production.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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      16. Aside from the sheer number of pages, the Black's FDR seemed unusually hefty. I think they used extra thick paper or something.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014

      17. Anyone who knows me knows I like to lug around books in my knapsack, read them on buses, in parks, in cafes.

      7:23 AM - 16 Nov 2014
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Nov 2014
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          18. While carrying Black's FDR through the mean streets of Toronto, I actually injured my back. Had to lay down for a couple of days.

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        3. Alec_Scott‏ @Alec_Scott 16 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet That (FDR) was good, but yes a heavy read. Though he did go at his thesis again, and again, and yet again.

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