During the press conference, Inman made angry remarks about comments by New York Times columnist William Safire.
According to William Safire, Sweat's nickname was derived from the phrase "sorghum top," a reference to the way in which his hair resembled a sugar cane tassel.
The product was indirectly featured in a widely circulated black & white photograph taken by William Safire of the Kitchen Debate.
In a 1999 interview with New York Times columnist William Safire, the Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the idea had first been suggested by the Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, but Goh felt that it was not yet the right time to set it up.
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Zimmer's research on word origins was frequently cited by William Safire's "On Language" column for The New York Times Magazine.
Other critics, from John Simon to William Safire to Bill Walsh to Barbara Wallraff, have praised the book's clear, simple, and nuanced guidance.
In 1994, William Safire described its usage by California governor Pete Wilson's immigration strategy, exemplified by Proposition 187, which prevented illegal aliens from using a variety of state social services.