Quote from: Time Topic

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there.


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Safire
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornDecember 17, 1929
  • DiedSeptember 27, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionColumnist; Journalist; Author
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom