Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.
William SafireI want my questions answered by an alert and experienced politician, prepared to be grilled and quoted -- not my hand held by an old smoothie.
William SafireDifferent regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.
William SafireI could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.
William Safire