Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hardware did much less than the Italians last week to steady the West's sometimes teetering confidence in its security. "The American people," wrote Washington Columnist Roscoe Drummond, "would like nothing better than to stand up and salute a courageous, riskful and determined ally...
That the once-proud art of political invective in Britain has sadly sagged was demonstrated last week. Taking dinner with the New York Herald Tribune's European Columnist Art Buchwald, Labor Party Leader Hugh Gaitskell relieved himself of a few mild pokes at Prime Minister Harold Macmillan: "I personally don't trust Mr. Macmillan. My own personal opinion is that Mr. Macmillan is an actor, and I think all this publicity is dragging British politics to its lowest level." Buchwald's column quoting Gaitskell was printed in the Herald Tribune's European edition...
Surrounded by comics, crossword puzzles, cheesecake, dog stories and other newspaper fare, the new column in the Chicago Sun-Times looked as out of place as Plato on a comic-book rack. Even the questions from readers were formidable: What is truth? What is justice? What is love? The columnist's name and title were enough to send Smilin' Jack fans into a tailspin: Dr. Mortimer J. Adler, director of the Institute of Philosophical Research. Yet the column has pulled 150 letters a week since it began appearing last October. This month the Sun-Times will syndicate Philosopher...
...swarming hunters have forced the local governments to impose restrictions to prevent depletion of game, and many an old hand mourns the change. One of them is Columnist Robert Ruark, who is respected by white hunters as one of the few sharpshooters among the amateurs. Currently on safari in Kenya, Ruark writes: "I should think it likely that this will be my last proper big safari, and the thought grieves me. What I bemoan mainly is the loss of the old, wild freedom when you could take off in almost any direction and find something exciting without having to check...
...trio now has two briskly selling albums, plus as many nightclub engagements as it can handle (including a Las Vegas offer that may go to $3,000 a week). A columnist suffering from typewriter fatigue recently, tagged the trio the Gilbert & Sullivans of Jazz. A more apt title might be the James Joyces of Jive...