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...Vice President Eric Hodgins recalled, this compliment "caused even those among management to utter harsh, humorless laughter." The management structure was altered to give the publishers more autonomy, but it remained "a benevolent and indulgent monarchy," since Luce retained the final say in all major decisions. That began to change in 1960 when, in a reorganization, the founding executives made way for a new president and board chairman. In 1964, Luce himself solved the problem of editorial succession by picking Hedley Donovan to be editor in chief of all Time Inc. publications. It was Donovan, not Luce, who decided that...
...more appreciative on the court than the glad-handing U.C.L.A. players. "I never permit a player to criticize a teammate," explains Wooden. "In fact, when a man makes a basket, I make him compliment the one who passed the ball or started the play. That way, I tell them, you'll get a pass again." Unlike most coaches, Wooden rarely scouts a rival team. "If we play our game as well as we can," he says, "we can beat an opponent no matter what he does. We let them adjust to us, rather than we to them...
...Questioned about his team's chances. Restic confides in the journalists "his conviction" that "on any given Saturday, any team can beat any other team." "Luckily," Restic observes, "all our games are on Saturday this year." President Nixon proclaims Cambridge, Massachusetts, the "National Halloween Disaster Area." Cambridge returns the compliment...
...admission, too impatient with others. By way of a compliment, Director Peter Hall once told her that in her early days as an actress she was the rudest walk-on he had ever seen. "I am lacking in charity a bit," she admits. "I'm told I'm too independent. It's a fault when you can't say 'Help!' but all I can do is retire and get solitary and work things out for myself." On such occasions, Diana will sometimes slip away to an old finca she bought some years...
...Hotel for a testimonial dinner. The affair was held on a day named in his honor by Mayor Walter Washington, whom Hobson once described as "tasteless, colorless and odorless." Indeed, the mayor refused to buy a $5 ticket for the banquet. Typically, Hobson responded: "I've got to compliment him for his honesty. I wouldn't go to his testimonial either...