\parskip

\parskip is the extra vertical space inserted before a paragraph. It has a natural length of zero but should be a rubber length so that it may be stretched in a flushbottom environment.

To increase \parskip to skip a line between paragraphs one could use

  \addtolength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}

See also: Lengths
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 23 Oct 1995.