It's a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon "launder" bec… - William Zinsser

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It's a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon "launder" became a dirty word.

William Zinsser

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William Knowlton Zinsser (born October 7, 1922 – May 12, 2015 ) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic, and editorial writer, and has been a longtime contributor to leading magazines.

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"Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is a how other people have written about this subject. Read it; study it; think about it. You can do it too.

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the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.

It's a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon "launder" became a dirty word. - William Zinsser

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