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Nevertheless, in the past decade or so, new columnists and cartoonists have, by dint of sheer talent, broken through and gathered a following. Among them: George Will and David Broder of the Washington Post Writers Group; Ellen Goodman, whose hip and compassionate Boston Globe commentary is also distributed by the Post Group; Jeff MacNelly, the Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist who next week will launch with the Trib-News syndicate a comic strip about a bird who edits a newspaper; New York News Funnyman Gerald Nachman (TIME, Aug. 23,1976); and, most recently, Jack Germond and Jules Witcover, a pair...
...very least, the Reilly case raised suggestions of official misconduct, and Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso ordered two investigations-one into the original prosecution, another into who really killed Barbara Gibbons. Says Miller: "We just happened to [free Reilly] by dint of much work and labor. This pretty well calls justice into question...
...overt reliance on the traditional Boston-Washington axis in this year's presidential campaign consequently doesn't appear to be ruffling too many feathers at Harvard. What does concern many of Carter's hundreds of newfound advisors, however, is that their massive output may not receive adequate attention, by dint of its sheer bulk...
...overt reliance on the traditional Boston-Washington axis in this year's presidential campaign consequently doesn't appear to be ruffling too many feathers at Harvard. What does concern many of Carter's hundreds of newfound advisors, however, is that their massive output may not receive adequate attention, by dint of its sheer bulk...
...orchestra gave an exuberant performance, brazening through technical obstacles by dint of sheer energy. The strings, particularly the lower strings, produced a consistently rich, resonant sound, and the brass fanfare at the end provided a triumphant finish to the HRO's season opener...