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Floccinaucinihilipilificationism: A Word as Big as the Man.

Authors :
COWAN, ALISON LEIGH
Source :
New York Times. 10/14/2010, Vol. 160 Issue 55193, p32. 0p.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

He advised four presidents, twice served as a United States ambassador and had a tenured chair at Harvard, all before becoming a four-term senator from New York. Yet there was Daniel Patrick Moynihan on July 1, 1991, humbly laying on the charm in an effort to wheedle William Safire, a former colleague in the Nixon White House, into mentioning the word ''floccinaucinihilipilificationism'' in his columns for The New York Times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
160
Issue :
55193
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
54394811