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William Safire

    17 dicembre 1929 – 27 settembre 2009

    William Safire è stato un autore, editorialista e giornalista americano, noto soprattutto come editorialista politico di lunga data per il New York Times. La sua rubrica "On Language" nel New York Times Magazine esplorava l'etimologia popolare, gli usi nuovi o insoliti e altri argomenti legati alla lingua. Safire possedeva un talento unico nel dissezionare le complessità del linguaggio e il suo legame con la politica e la società. La sua scrittura era apprezzata per la sua intuizione e chiarezza.

    In Love with Norma Loquendi
    Full Disclosure
    What's the Good Word?
    Language Maven Strikes Again
    Lend Me Your Ears: Great speeches in history
    Safire's Political Dictionary
    • 2008
    • 2002

      Pictures of the Times

      A Century of Photography from The New York Times

      • 192pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Selected from 17 million prints preserved in the archives of The New York Times , the spectacular photographs in this book provide a spellbinding sample from the rich archive that is the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of a great newspaper. Revealed is the extraordinary and omnivorous breadth of photography's vivid pictures of both World Wars; of presidents, mayors, dictators and celebrities; of Beatles fans and Halley's comet; of victims and perpetrators, riots and disasters; of Bill Bradley on the court and Willie Mays sliding into home--and a great many more. Underlying them all is the gripping immediacy that makes news photography not only an indispensable presence in the daily paper but a vital part of history. This book includes an illustrated chronology that traces the evolution of the technology and business of news photography, with special attention to the role of The New York Times and to the recent rise of digital technologies in newspaper production. Originally published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

      Pictures of the Times
    • 1994

      In Love with Norma Loquendi

      • 349pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist describes his lifelong fascination with Norma Loquendi--common speech--in a collection of columns that celebrates the mysteries and continual evolution of the English language. 15,000 first printing.

      In Love with Norma Loquendi
    • 1992
    • 1992
    • 1991

      Safire guides us through the labyrinth of computerese, calls for the revival of the old-fashioned "haberdasher", and interprets the trendy "rents", "squids", and "swangst" (parents, weaklings, and anxiety), in this new collection of his ever-popular "On Language" columns.

      Language Maven Strikes Again
    • 1977

      In the mid-1980's, the forty-first President of the United States is blinded in an assassination attempt and must cope with an international crisis and with domestic pressure demanding his resignation.

      Full Disclosure