Speech -- Better Word Order . . .

. . . equals shorter grafs! For instance, you can rearrange this . . .

In a speech made Sunday night made by the surgeon general, alcohol has been recognized as the nation's number one drug problem among youth, and the alcohol industry is taking advantage.

. . . to this . . .

In a speech Sunday night, the surgeon general recognized alcohol as the nation's number one drug problem among youth, and the alcohol industry is taking advantage.

In "made by the surgeon general, alcohol has been recognized," I dropped the empty "made" and then rearranged "surgeon general," "alcohol" and "recognized" while cutting the then-unnecessary "made by" and "has been."

See how this streamlines things?

Here's a simpler example:

. . . according to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, Tom Izzo.

Why not just reorder it to say:

. . . according to U.S. Public Health Service Surgeon General Tom Izzo.

. . . and drop the "of the"?