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Douglas Martin The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
02-28-2008
William F. Buckley Jr., conservatism's defender OBITUARY
Byline: Douglas Martin The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 5
Section: NEWS

William F. Buckley Jr., who marshaled polysyllabic exuberance, famously arched eyebrows and a refined, perspicacious mind to elevate conservatism to the center of American political discourse, died Wednesday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.

Buckley, 82, suffered from diabetes and emphysema.
Buckley's winningly capricious personality, replete with ten- dollar words and a darting tongue writers loved to compare to an anteater's, hosted one of television's longest-running ...

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