American - Author | December 17, 1929 - September 27, 2009
Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.
William Safire
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Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.
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Stop worrying about the 'dumbing down' of our language by bloggers, tweeters, cableheads and MSM thumbsuckers engaged in a 'race to the bottom' of the page by little minds confined to little words.
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Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.
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A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.
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A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.
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