The list starts below the fold, so anything that waits for the reader to scroll has something to wait for.
Scroll
One sentence that says what this entry is and why it is in the list.
A slightly longer sentence, so that the rows are not all the same height and the list reads as real.
Short.
One sentence that says what this entry is and why it is in the list.
Another, with a figure on the right that a reader should be able to find without reading the row.
The last row, so a capped stagger has something to cap.