For instance, heading toward a movie review program, I remember we asked: Who was the studio's first choice for the Harry Callahan role in "Dirty Harry"?
We knew most viewers would be intrigued. (What, Clint Eastwood wasn't the first choice?) But – and this was the lesson – the success of the tactic didn't depend on intrigue. Even viewers with no interest at all stuck around to find out. Humans are hard-wired. They need to know.
—"A Simple Way to Create Suspense,"
Lee Child
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Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.