Word: columnist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...company's reputation. In 1978 federal officials ordered Hartz to rehire employees who had been fired during a union-organizing drive, and last year the firm pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice in an antitrust suit. But veteran Voicers take comfort from the Murdoch reign. Says Columnist Jack Newfield: "I thought Murdoch, on paper, was going to turn out to be a monster, but he gave us complete freedom." The new boss promises the same, at least for now. "I respect the niche of the Voice, and I'm going to give them total independence, which...
...featurish pieces on everything from heart disease to tips for keeping children happy on car trips. What these programs do best is live exchanges with two or three people on different sides of an emotional issue. Good Morning America, for example, recently paired Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel and Conservative Columnist John Lofton; when Lofton criticized Wiesel for not speaking out against other atrocities, Wiesel's blunt rebuttal ("How dare you, really") made for affecting television...
Grove acknowledges his own limitations, as any credible advice columnist must do from time to time. A recent exchange went this way: "I am young, female and blond. Almost every time I deal with a male client, I'm 'hit on.' I want to be nice, but I'm finding it harder and harder to be nice to someone who talks to my breasts instead of my face." Grove's response: "Not being young, female or blond, I find myself unqualified to give you suggestions. Businesswomen, please write and tell me how you have been coping with this problem." "Dear...
...hardest in his own backyard." City Councilwoman-at-Large Agusta Alexander Clark, a Goode ally, is worried. "The brother was Mr. Teflon," she said. "He's been scratched now. The question is, Has he been scratched all the way down to the base metal?" Chuck Stone, veteran black columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, thinks he has: "The short-term rallying round by blacks and the business community will disappear as Goode begins to make mistakes." But Goode does not sound concerned. "I've had a charmed life as mayor because I've learned the arts of compromise and negotiation...
...Buchanan, was stranger still. NBC News Correspondent Marvin Kalb reported that at a White House meeting with Jewish leaders about Reagan's Sunday itinerary, Buchanan was seen repeatedly scribbling the phrase "succumbing to the pressure of the Jews" in his notebook. Kalb's report implied that the former conservative columnist was jotting down his own views. Buchanan, who has declined to speak openly with the press since taking his White House job in February, temporarily broke his silence to call any such implication "misleading" and "downright silly...