[Torpey] had, upon the principles of ostrichism, sewn up a valuable diamond in the waistband of his trousers, which he fondly intended for his fond and loving wife; and accomplice in his crimes; […]

Now they have to get the Legislature to buy off on the project and find $14 million to pay for its start-up costs.

Thus much may serve by way of proem; / Proceed we therefore to our poem.

Despite the new gadgetry, these journalists are actually rediscovering telegraphese — the clipped (ideally witty) style that flourished because of word limits imposed by an earlier technology, the telegraph.