Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effect that "the name of the game (in the White House) is who can screw the Post the most." (A "high Time official" later identified to me the White House source of this vulgar little gem as Mr. William Safire, then a special assistant to President Nixon, now a columnist for The New York Times...
...told him and then vented his opinions about it-generally conservative. Though he wrote in a ponderous style, his comments invariably commanded the attention of political leaders. "He had a lot of clout where it counted. He sure as hell wasn't for the subway trade," remembers Fellow Columnist William S. White. "He had enormous influence among the movers and shakers in Washington...
Died. Arthur Krock, 87, former New York Times Washington correspondent and columnist whose career spanned six decades (see THE PRESS...
...John D. Lofton Jr., 33, the former editor of the Republican weekly newsletter Monday. The transition from party polemicist to political columnist has not been easy for Lofton, who seems happier attacking personalities than discussing issues. His columns, carried by some 60 papers, occasionally amount to sophomoric japes. In one piece he calls Bella Abzug a "congressthing" to ridicule the feminist cause. Lofton has written no columns about impeachment...
That is a considerable distance for an off-Broadway musical to travel without even having had an official opening. But Producer Phil Oesterman and Lyricist-Composer Earl Wilson Jr., the gossip columnist's 31-year-old son, reason that a few stuffy reviews could only spoil their astonishing success with Let My People Come, a mostly nude review that began performances last January. So far, almost all reviewers have respected their wishes and stayed away...