Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Murdoch's saucy Sun and sleazy News of the World, and the great worry is that the Times will itself adopt what the paper just four months ago described as "the breathless, grubby vision of the world inherent in the Murdoch style." Tongue tucked in cheek, Daily Mirror Columnist Keith Waterhouse told readers not to fret. "The girls," he wrote, "will appear in the Times Literary Supplement wearing fishnet stockings and mortarboard...
With the change of Administrations, some attackers in the press are now practicing the unfamiliar arts of defense. It's not easy for someone like Conservative George F. Will, the most literate of Washington columnists. Thoughtful, astringently witty and rather young for a seasoned oracle (39), Will once called Carter perhaps the most dangerous President since James Buchanan. On their first postvictory visit to Washington, the Reagans went to dinner at the Wills' in Chevy Chase. This inspired Garry Trudeau to a cutting Doonesbury cartoon. In a column last week Will good-humoredly noted: "Fearful rumors are afoot...
Another obstacle to non-driving, totally unrelated to automotive proficiency, is check cashing. How can someone prove he is a person if he does not have a driver's license? Columnist Art Buchwald, who at one time gave up driving, has not forgotten his tribulations at supermarkets in Washington: "They first stamp the back of the check with a little line for your height, weight, color of eyes, everything, walk across the store to okay it-and then refuse to accept it unless you produce a driver's license...
...explosion of this bomb; perhaps a few faint words of praise for the ending, which actually has a slightly engaging twist. But surely no one would say, "Wonderful, hilarious, often touching and always entertaining." Or "It's the best entertainment of the season." That Rex Reed, Syndicated Columnist, and Vernon Scott, UPI, did is proof enough that our society is truly pluralistic. As James Madison could have said but didn't, "Different strokes for different folks." Assuming that some small number of readers might share Mr. Reed's or Mr. Scott's sentiments, what follows is a short list...
...enjoys an unusual opportunity to reflect on issues without answering to a boss. Times Editorial Page Editor Max Frankel, admiting his bias as a longtime friend and colleague of Lewis', praises the columnist's "genuine passion on issues combined with a very cool and precise writing style...