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'''William Lewis Safire'''(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was a columnist, speech-writer novelist amd linguist. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and a large audience for his conservative interpretations of the current events.

'''William Lewis Safire'''(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was a columnist, speech-writer novelist and linguist. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and a large audience for his conservative interpretations of the current events.

Safire, a [[Republican]] 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]] and a self-described practitioner of "libertarian-conservatism", <ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known among conservatives as the "[[token conservative]]" columnist for the [[New York Times]], mainly because he was the only regular columnist who was right-of-center. <ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>  

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.

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 speech-writing team that included [[Patrick J. Buchanan]] and [[Raymond K. Price]]. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam. He also won notoriety as a contributing word-smith for former Vice-President [[Spiro T. Agnew]], who along with Buchanan wrote many of the more confrontational Agnew speeches aimed at the [[MSM]].

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 and usage books provided a comprehensive history of American political speech and a guide to good usage.

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 and usage books provided a comprehensive history of American political speech and a guide to good usage.

*Pulitzer Prize, 1978 <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556185,00.html</ref>

*Pulitzer Prize, 1978 <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556185,00.html</ref>

*Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2006 <ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>

*[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], 2006, bestowed by [[President George W. Bush]]. <ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref>

==Books==  

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