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...sound bites and short attention spans, Steve Lovelady was a throwback: a newsman who believed that even the most complex topics could be brought to life through thoughtful, rigorous storytelling. At the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he spent much of his career, and later at TIME, he edited stories that won multiple Pulitzer Prizes and two National Magazine Awards. Lovelady, who died Jan. 15 at 66, was the ultimate writer's editor, never taking credit for the work of others even as he made it better...
...almost arrived when the second bomb exploded. The gunshots started soon after. My driver slammed the car into reverse and wove around cars, people and concrete barriers, right up to the hotel entrance. We ran inside, joining a handful of people sheltering from the gunfire. The last bomb brought down much of the ceiling all around us. As the dust swelled we shuffled into the basement; a girl, maybe 5 years old, bloodied in the face and moaning, was carried down the stairs. Outside, halfway between the checkpoint and the hotel, a crater 6 ft. (1.8 m) deep smoldered...
...Egypt, and my request was entirely reasonable—I did not ask the embassy for endorsement or special assistance. On the contrary, on Dec. 27, the first full day I was in Cairo, I went to the embassy and told them why I was in Egypt. They brought me a sworn affidavit, which I willingly signed, stating that I understood that the State Department had determined that travel to the Gaza Strip was unsafe. The affidavit explicitly states, “I assume the risk for myself…I also understand that the Embassy cannot provide me with...
...thought we got off to a bad start in the first period,” senior Doug Rogers said. “I think we were surprised by the speed they brought to the game...
...battled back and brought it to 2-2,” Rogers said. “They got one there that was a lucky bounce, then we took more penalties, and it messed our flow up, and we couldn’t recover from there...