Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sirica to begin open hearings at once into the circumstances of the tapes' being or nonbeing and inspired a new surge of protest telegrams, which deluged official Washington with fresh demands that Nixon must leave office. Even some of Nixon's least likely critics turned against him. Columnist Joseph Alsop, ardent champion of the President's foreign policies, said that he must resign. Howard K Smith, ABC-TV'S highly independent commentator, declared that the tapes revelation "deepens suspicion inevitably that there has been a cover-up all along and it is still going on." Nixon...
...shared with the rest of the international community to be trusted to fulfill its commitments. In recent weeks the tough Jackson amendment that would deny the Soviet Union many U.S. trade advantages unless it changes its emigration policy won the endorsement of such liberals as Writer I.F. Stone and Columnist Joseph Kraft. To be sure, most recent liberal doubt about establishing closer ties with the Soviet Union involves distaste for internal Russian policies, especially the lack of intellectual and human freedoms. But the Kremlin's unwavering hostility toward Israel-détente or no détente-has further...
...like to call your attention to a small but often-repeated editing error. There is no person named Neil Rudenstein at Princeton University; there is a Dean of the College named Neil Rudenstine. The New York Times Magazine printed his name correctly; both your columnist and Professor Kilson spelled it incorrectly. James D. Weinrich
Most middle-road and conservative papers spoke for those who had believed in Agnew's innocence or who had felt that he was being treated unfairly. Said the Atlanta Journal: "It was as if Santa Claus had been revealed as a dirty old man." Detroit News Columnist Pete Waldmeir declared that "Spiro Agnew owes us all an apology. He took our trust and ground it into the dirt. He treated us like fools, thumbed his nose at duty, honor, country...
...should throw some brighter parties in the future. -Before the first issue went to press, two writers whose names had figured prominently in Hirsch's promotional efforts defected noisily. Jack Newfield, an investigative reporter and assistant editor of the Village Voice, and Pete Hamill, a New York Post columnist, demanded that their names be removed from the masthead. Along with Studs Terkel, who remains as a contributor, they sent a letter to New Times's other contributing editors complaining about compensation and financing arrangements...