William Safire dead at 79

[Geoff Nathan]

Olav hashalom.  He was a pain, and we'll all miss him.

And Shana Tova Tikatevu[1] to all, as I practice the readings I'll be doing tomorrow morning, Yom Kippur, and look up the occasional weird-looking Aramaic word.

Geoff

[1] 'May you be written down for a good year.'

Geoffrey S. Nathan
Faculty Liaison, C&IT
and Associate Professor, Linguistics Program
+1 (313) 577-1259 (C&IT)
+1 (313) 577-8621 (English/Linguistics)

----- "Grant Barrett" <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG> wrote:

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> Safire, who was 79, died at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland, the
> Times said. An aide to Safire said he had suffered from cancer.
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> Safire will be remembered by many of us for trusting us to help him
> with his research, promoting our books in a place of prestige, and
> giving the country a jumping-off point for popular discussions of
> language.
>
> Grant Barrett
> grantbarrett at gmail.com
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