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    William Lewis Safire (/ˈsæfaɪər/; né Safir; December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter...
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  • India William Safire (1929–2009), American journalist and speechwriter South African Identity Federation; see TENET (network) Search for "safire" on Wikipedia...
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  • [better source needed] while some claim an earlier origin. In April 2007, William Safire promoted a search to unearth its origins.[clarification needed] The...
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  • phrase's etymology can be attributed to New York Times language columnist William Safire, who wrote extensively on this question. The Oxford English Dictionary...
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    capturing the most beautiful women during battle to bring home as wives. William Safire claimed that the term "trophy wife" was coined by Julie Connelly, a...
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  • [bi + kini] was purposeful. The "-kini family" (as dubbed by author William Safire), including the "-ini sisters" (as dubbed by designer Anne Cole) has...
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  • jazz song written by Redd Evans and Joe Ricardel. In 2002, journalist William Safire said frim-fram sauce was a variant of flim-flam or deceit and "ussin-fay"...
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  • a different sense, according to The New York Times' language expert William Safire, it describes "the bureaucratic technique of averting future accusations...
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    limited authority while taking impressive titles. The American writer William Safire wrote that "everyone assumes [the name] Pooh-Bah merely comes from [W...
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    American conservatives, with the conservative New York Times columnist William Safire calling it the "Chicken Kiev speech", named after a dish of stuffed...
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