George Washington Had A Tough Second Term.

When I Need To Know The Meaning Of A Word, I Look It Up In A Dictionary.

Do Not Be Taken In By 'insiderisms.' Fledgling Columnists, Eager To Impress Readers With Their Grasp Of Journalistic Jargon, Are Drawn To Such Arcane Spellings As 'lede.' Where They Lede, Do Not Follow.

In Dealing With Syria's Dictator...only Force Counts. No Cease-fire Was Attainable In Lebanon Until The 16-inch Guns Of The Battleship New Jersey Started Shelling Syria's Proxies; Suddenly, Sweet Reason Prevailed In Damascus.

George Washington Had A Tough Second Term.

On The Analogy Of 'dictionary Johnson,' We Call Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Of The Just-published Yale Book Of Quotations (well Worth The $50 Price), 'quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro Does Original Research, Earning His 1,067-page Volume A Place On The Quotation Shelf Next To Bartlett's And Oxford's.