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Joseph Alsop Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop , 1910-89, and Alsop, Stewart, 1914-74, American political journalists, b. Avon, Conn. Joseph joined (1932) the New York Herald Tribune as a staff reporter and moved (1936) to its Washington, D.C., bureau. His Washington political column, written (1937-40) with Robert E. Kintner... Read more
William L Safire William L Safire
William L. Safire , 1929-, American journalist and speechwriter, b. New York City. A former reporter and public-relations executive, he became a speechwriter (1968-73) for Richard Nixon during his 1968 presidential campaign. From 1973 to 2005 his editorial columns in the New York Times provided... Read more
George Will George Will
George Will (George Frederick Will), 1941-, American political columnist, b. Champaign, Illinois. He attended Trinity College (B.A., 1962), Oxford (1962-64), and Princeton Univ. (PhD., 1964). In 1973, while he was an editor of the conservative National Review magazine, Will's editorial columns... Read more
Cynthia Tucker Cynthia Tucker
Tucker, Cynthia1955— Journalist Cynthia Tucker forged a name for herself as a fearless social and political commentator. Her "courageous and clear-headed columns," according to the Prize committee, won Tucker a Pulitzer Prize in 2007. Tucker, whose syndicated column appears in nearly 50 newspapers... Read more
Ignatius Donnelly Ignatius Donnelly
Ignatius Donnelly , 1831-1901, American author and agrarian reformer, b. Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1856 moved to Minnesota. There he gained political prominence, was lieutenant governor (1859-63), Congressman (1863-69), and a state legislator. Strongly expounding... Read more
Eugene Field Eugene Field
Eugene Field 1850-95, American poet and journalist, b. St. Louis. After working on several Midwestern newspapers, in 1883 he became a columnist for the Chicago Daily News (later the Record ). His urbane and witty column, "Sharps and Flats," which appeared until his death, was a potpourri of... Read more
Walter Lippmann Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann 1889-1974, American essayist and editor, b. New York City. He was associate editor of the New Republic in its early days (1914-17), but at the outbreak of World War I he left to become Assistant Secretary of War, later helping to prepare data for the peace conference. From 1921 to... Read more
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vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more
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columnist the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. Usually independent of the policy of the... Read more

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