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For the past twenty-five years Americans have relied on Pulitzer Prize-winning wordsmith William Safire for their weekly dose of linguistic illumination in The New York Times Magazine's column "On Language" – one of the most popular features of the magazine and a Sunday-morning staple for innumerable fans. He is the most widely read writer on the English language today.

Lose weight–and keep it off–in a New York minute!
When supermodel Heidi Klum needed to get into tip-top shape for the Victoria's Secret fashion show–just eight weeks after giving birth to her second child–she turned to a miracle worker, celebrity fitness trainer David Kirsch, and his Ultimate New York Diet.

Lose weight–and keep it off–in a New York minute!
When supermodel Heidi Klum needed to get into tip-top shape for the Victoria's Secret fashion show–just eight weeks after giving birth to her second child–she turned to a miracle worker, celebrity fitness trainer David Kirsch, and his Ultimate New York Diet.

The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech.