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Safire was born William Lewis Safir in New York City, the son of Ida (née Panish) and Oliver Craus Safir. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His family was Jewish and of Romanian origin on his father's side. [ 5 ] Safire later added the "e" to his surname for pronunciation reasons, although some of his relatives continued to use the original spelling.
On Language was a regular column in the weekly New York Times Magazine on the English language discussing popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics. The inaugural column was published on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular feature. Many of the columns were collected in books.
Freedom is a historical novel by American essayist William Safire, set in the early years of the American Civil War. It concludes with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The novel shows how its main characters grapple with the dilemmas of political morality raised by secession and war.
The term fumblerules was coined in a list of such rules compiled by William Safire on Sunday, 4 November 1979, [3] [4] in his column "On Language" in The New York Times. Safire later authored a book titled Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage, which was reprinted in 2005 as How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar.
The term retronym, a neologism composed of the combining forms retro-(from Latin retro, [3] "before") + -nym (from Greek ónoma, "name"), was coined by Frank Mankiewicz in 1980 and popularized by William Safire in The New York Times Magazine.
Daniel Penny departs the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City on Thursday, December 5, 2024. The jury finalized the third day of deliberations in Penny’s trial for the 2023 death of ...
Henry Kamm of The New York Times, for his stories on the refugees, boat people, from Indochina. Commentary: William Safire of The New York Times, for commentary on the Bert Lance affair. Criticism: Walter Kerr of The New York Times, for articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career. Editorial Writing:
The New York Manumission Society was founded in 1785. The term "manumission" is from the Latin meaning "a hand lets go," inferring the idea of freeing a slave.John Jay, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States as well as statesman Alexander Hamilton and the lexicographer Noah Webster, along with many slave holders among its founders.