Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said Richard Nixon last week as both he and the U.S. Congress dug in for a long and fierce struggle over whether the President should be removed from office. At the White House, Nixon told Conservative Columnist James J. Kilpatrick in a rare interview that after "long thought," he had resolved not to resign "under any circumstances...
...European politics, business, the church and the press. He talked with, among many others, Italy's Prince Nicolo Pignatelli, the oilman who is president of Gulf Italiana; Spain's Vincente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón; France's Jean-François Revel, author and columnist for the weekly L'Express; and Britain's Roy Hattersley, Minister for European Affairs. "The changes in leadership all over the Continent have implications that go beyond the confines of the countries themselves," says Elson. "I got the sense that this is a bad time for the 'idea...
Lipsyte, a former sports columnist who contributed some of the best prose to appear in the New York Times, has not lost his journalist's instincts. For people concerned about who is minding the nation, he has updated the eternal quest for a hero and a leader. His candidate, Navy Commander Charles Rice, might have been tailored by a market-research computer. A former astronaut and moon walker, Rice is also part Old Testament prophet, New Testament savior, Oliver Cromwell, Brownshirt, Mr. Clean and Vic Tanny...
Still, the strong feeling among newsmen, politicians and lawyers in London is that gagging writs will never again be a reliable device for silencing the press. Said Bernard Levin, a top columnist for the Times of London: "The dam is down beyond any possibility of re-erection." Mail Editor David English echoes the common sentiment among British journalists: "I don't think that after Watergate we could have gone on as before...
...drivers and front-seat passengers in new cars are now belting in. However, thousands of new-car owners are increasingly frustrated by the new system. Because any weight on the front seat activates the system, he, she or it must be buckled in before the car will start. Newspaper Columnist George Will recently bought a 22-lb. Beltsville turkey, plopped it in the front seat and found that to get his car moving, he had to belt the Beltsville. Drivers become livid when they get out of then-cars to open the garage doors and then have to buckle...