Make this as Object or Paragraph Style

hi guys,
Is there any way i could "build" this as an Object Style or Paragraph Style?
I have more than 50 of those titles of articles and going one by one with the eyedropper to change or modify them later if i want a thicker stroke for example is very time consuming.
Thanks for any help or ideas.
Cheers,
S

Ooh, an easy one. There are a few ways to handle this, but here's my favorite:
You need to make three separate paragraph styles: one for texts, one for images, one for your ruled hanging-indent-with-asterisk paragraph.
In the "texts" parastyle, make sure Next Style is set to "images."
In the "images" parastyle, make sure Next Style is set to "asterisk."
Select all three paragraphs with the text tool, then right-click on "texts" parastyle and choose "Apply "texts", then Next Style"

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