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Article: Conservative writer; WWII resistance fighter.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2009
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Byline: Associated Press
William Safire, the conservative columnist and word warrior who feared no politician or corner of the English language, has died. He was 79.
Safire spent more than 30 years writing on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. In his "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine and more than a dozen books, Safire traced the origins of words and everyday phrases such as "straw man," "under the bus" and "the proof is in the pudding."
Safire penned more than 3,000 columns, aggressively defending civil liberties and Israel while tangling with political figures.
Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ...
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