Flora Lewis
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Flora Lewis (25 April 1918—June 2, 2002) was an American journalist.
Lewis was born in Los Angeles and was a 1941 summa cum laude graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1942.
She wrote for The Washington Post from 1956 to 1966. Her work landed her on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
She was foreign correspondent and diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times from 1972 until her death from cancer.
Never known for her dynamic prose style, Lewis inspired The New Republic's annual "World's Most Boring Headline" competition with a column that was titled "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative."
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- Pearson, Richard (June 3, 2002). Journalist, Author Flora Lewis Dies. Washington Post
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