Word: columning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Northwestern to vie for the NCAA semi-finals at Amberst. I was anxious to read the write-up Quickly thumbing through the sports section of-Thursday's Crimson. I was surprised to find that instead of top-of-the-page glory, the laxwomen were relegated to a small, inconspicuous column beneath a great picture of men's lacrosse. Tim Pendergast and a lengthy tale of co-captain comments. "I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia" would rather be given due respect and placement. Too often women's sports must take the backseat when it comes to media coverage. Granted Tim Pendergast...
More and more people are refusing to accept that argument. Prompted by a column critical of banks in the San Francisco Examiner, 5,000 people sent angry letters to California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Complained one writer: "My bank put a two-week hold on a U.S. Treasury check because it was from out of state. I mean, if the U.S. Government isn't good for the money, we might as well toss it in." Brown has introduced a bill in the assembly that would require banks in most cases to clear checks within five days. Last week...
...magazine journalism for one of the more anonymous: starting in September, he will replace the revered Richard Strout, who retired at 85 after four decades as the pseudonymous TRB columnist for the weekly New Republic (circ. 96,000). Said Kinsley: "Some people think I am crazy, but writing a column is a journalist's dream, and this one seems to come open once every 40 years...
Three teams now have four losses or fewer, with 12-3-1 Harvard a game up in the loss column on second-place Navy (11-4-1) and third-place Dartmouth (8-4). Harvard plays a doubleheader at Dartmouth Saturday, while Navy battles Cornell and Dartmouth hosts Brown in Sunday twin bills...
Kinsley replaces Richard L. Strout '19, who for 40 years wrote the column, considered to be highly influential in national political circles...