The editors replied that all published details could be found in local libraries.

"Where I grew up," replied the editor, "we called it wrapping a sweater around your waist."

"I never thought of that," replied the editor.

The young editor replied that he would be glad to do so.

The editors would reply saying that there is a genius greater than Milton among us.

The editor replied in a manly, frank acknowledgment of error.

"She fires a writer every day," the editor replied.

When asked if the story had been a result of phone hacking, the editor replies: "It's possible, yes."

"He's a nasty piece of work," replied the assistant literary editor, without discretion.

To which a hard-boiled editor on the news desk brusquely replied, "You jerk, they haven't started yet."