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  1. William Lewis Safire (/ ˈ s æ f aɪər /; né Safir; December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He was a long-time syndicated political columnist for The New York Times and wrote the "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine about popular etymology , new or ...

  2. William Safire, American journalist who was known for his fiercely opinionated conservative columns (1973–2005) for The New York Times as well as his witty and meticulous columns (1979–2009) in The New York Times Magazine that traced the origins and meanings of popular phrases.

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  3. Sep 28, 2009 · William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on...

  4. Op-Ed Contributor. The Cold War’s Hot Kitchen. Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev came to rhetorical grips in a model American kitchen, seizing the world’s attention.

  5. Sep 28, 2009 · Jeffrey Brown looks back at the life of William Safire, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and former speechwriter for President Nixon, who died Sunday at the age of 79.

  6. Sep 27, 2009 · William Safire, the savvy speech stylist who turned phrases for President Nixon and later conjured up Pulitzer Prize-winning contrarian columns for The New York Times, died Sunday at 79.

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  8. Oct 5, 2009 · So began William Safire’s inaugural On Language column on Feb. 18, 1979, which promised to explore “new words, vogue phrases and the intriguing roots of everyday discourse — with occasionally...