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Any reason why it was important to specify these were men in the
headline? A normal headline would be Three appointed to MATC
board. Is it unusual for men to be nominated to this board? Did
that extra fact in the headline bear some importance to the
story?   2. Who cares if they are men or women. I'm sure whoever
it is will raise our taxes at least 7% next year. And the year
after, and the year after, and not have any accountability
whatsoever.   3. It made the headline a little bit longer. It
was really short.   4. Were they White, Asian, Gay? Those also
would be adjectives you could have added if you wanted to make
the headline long