[OS X TeX] Paragraph Spacing

[George Ghio]

\paragraph{}He walks the road. Him and his dog. Most often, during the 
half
moon, at that time of day where dusk becomes full dark in the blink of 
an eye. He
can be seen leaving an empty block at the south end of town. He walks
north east up the main street and out of town. Just him and his dog. 
People
have said that if you listen carefully you can hear him talking to 
himself or
to the dog. Well, that's what they say. His clothes are of an older
time, his shirt and pants of a coarse material and boots of the 
hob-nail variety
that give a faint metallic sound on the pavement.
\paragraph{}When he goes by people turn away and shut their doors. He 
is a
part of the town they don't want to know about.
\paragraph{}I first met Jack on one of those nights with broken cloud 
scudding
past on the wind. I had just left a friends house and was going home. I 
came
around the corner and there he was. Right in the middle of the road. 
Hell! He
was right in front of me. I swerved and hit the brakes. It was too 
little
too late. I went right over him. I sat there clutching the wheel 
shaking. When
I looked up I saw Jack and his dog walking up the road. Cloud passed 
across
the moon and he disappeared.
\paragraph{}I must have sat there for an hour before I stopped shaking 
enough
to drive home. It took me thirty minutes to drive the eight kilometres 
to my
place.

This yields;

He walks the road. Him and his dog. Most often, during the half moon, at
that time of day where dusk becomes full dark in the blink of an eye. 
He can
be seen leaving an empty block at the south end of town. He walks north
east up the main street and out of town. Just him and his dog. People 
have
said that if you listen carefully you can hear him talking to himself 
or to the
dog. Well, that's what they say. His clothes are of an older time, his 
shirt
and pants of a coarse material and boots of the hob-nail variety that 
give a
faint metallic sound on the pavement.

When he goes by people turn away and shut their doors. He is a part of
the town they don't want to know about.

I first met Jack on one of those nights with broken cloud scudding past 
on
the wind. I had just left a friends house and was going home. I came 
around
the corner and there he was. Right in the middle of the road. Hell! He 
was
right in front of me. I swerved and hit the brakes. It was too little 
too late. I
went right over him. I sat there clutching the wheel shaking. When I 
looked
up I saw Jack and his dog walking up the road. Cloud passed across the
moon and he disappeared.

I must have sat there for an hour before I stopped shaking enough to 
drive
home. It took me thirty minutes to drive the eight kilometres to my 
place.



How do I close up the gaps? I have used <\setlength{\parskip}{-3.5ex}>
which is less than satisfactory in that the spacing is not quite 
consistent
  across the document.

Thank you for your time.

George



On 14/11/2004, at 6:50 PM, Alexandru Scorpan wrote:

>> This has not been a problem until now. When I use the paragraph 
>> command I get a space between paragraphs.
>
> ???
>
> What do you mean, "the paragraph command"?  Until now, when?  What are 
> you using, doing, maybe an example?
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