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Never look for the story in t...

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there.

William Safire 90 quotes

The most successful column is...

The most successful column is one that causes the reader to throw down the paper in a peak of fit.

William Safire 90 quotes

Different regions may require...

Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.

William Safire 90 quotes

On the analogy of 'Dictionary...

On the analogy of 'Dictionary Johnson,' we call Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the just-published Yale Book of Quotations (well worth the $50 price), 'Quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro does original research, earning his 1,067-page volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett's and Oxford's.

William Safire 90 quotes

It behooves us to avoid archa...

It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

William Safire 90 quotes

Give your main clause a littl...

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.

William Safire 90 quotes

Dangling punch lines to forgo...

Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat.

William Safire 90 quotes

The trick is to start early i...

The trick is to start early in our careers the stress-relieving avocation that we will need later as a mind-exercising final vocation. We can quit a job, but we quit fresh involvement at our mental peril.

William Safire 90 quotes

Took me a while to get to the...

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

William Safire 90 quotes

The CEO era gave rise to the ...

The CEO era gave rise to the CFO (not certified flying object, as you might imagine, but chief financial officer) and, most recently, the CIO, chief investment officer, a nice boost for the bookkeeper you can't afford to give a raise . . .

William Safire 90 quotes

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “...

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'

William Safire 90 quotes

The Latin motto over Poindext...

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

William Safire 90 quotes

English is a stretch language...

English is a stretch language; one size fits all.

William Safire 90 quotes

It is in the nature of tyrann...

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

William Safire 90 quotes

Adapt your style, if you wish...

Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace.

William Safire 90 quotes

The perfect Christmas gift fo...

The perfect Christmas gift for a sportscaster, as all fans of sports clich?s know, is a scoreless tie.

William Safire 90 quotes

I could get a better educatio...

I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.

William Safire 90 quotes

One challenge to the arts in ...

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.

William Safire 90 quotes

Do not be taken in by 'inside...

Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow.

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What do you call a co-worker ...

What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to the political world by Henry Kissinger and now bandied in the boardroom is colleague. It has a nice upper-egalitarian feel, related to the good fellowship of collegial.

William Safire 90 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....