Bernard Nossiter; Newspaper Reporter, Author

Bernard Nossiter, 66, who wrote for the Washington Post for 24 years and covered the United Nations for the New York Times from 1979 to 1983. His books included “Fat Years and Lean: The American Economy Since Roosevelt” (1990), “The Global Struggle for More” (1987), “Britain: A Future That Works” (1978) and “Soft State: A Newspaperman’s Chronicle of India” (1970). In New York on Wednesday of lung cancer.