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Safire, a Republican party and a self-described conservative- libertarian,<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known as a partisan columnist for the [[New York Times]].<ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>
Safire, a Republican party and a self-described conservative- libertarian,<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known as a partisan columnist for the [[New York Times]].<ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>
In 1968 after working in his campaign for President, Safire became a Special Assistant to [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] and joined a White House speechwriting team that included [[Patrick J. Buchanan]] and [[Raymond K. Price]]. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam.
In 1968 after working in the Nixon presidential campaign, Safire became a Special Assistant to [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] and joined a White House speechwriting team that included [[Patrick J. Buchanan]] and [[Raymond K. Price]]. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam.
For over 30 years his political column appeared on the Op-Ed page of ''The New York Times.'' Safire wrote the weekly "On Language" column in ''The New York Times Magazine,'' which traced the meaning and origins of current political catch phrases. His dictionaries provided a comprehensive history of American political speech.
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