It sounds as if "Keep lines together" has been set for this paragraph. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm

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"Milo-in-San-Diego" wrote in
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I have a document where, if a whole paragraph cannot fit on a page, it
puts
the whole paragraph on the next page. This leaves a lot of white space
when
I have no problem with a paragraph being half on each page.

Where is the setting to turn off for this? Thanks!