Word: dewitte
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...National Ice Center on Thursday. Experts consider the ice on Antarctica to be quite stable, but the iceberg -- the largest recorded since 1987 -- should serve as a big reminder that global warming is still an issue with potential consequences far beyond the thermometer, says TIME science editor Philip Elmer-Dewitt...
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...prices) soaring. But it also presented the type of challenge that is particularly important in covering potential medical breakthroughs, especially ones in which "cure" and "cancer" appear in the same sentence. "We were seeing a disturbing disconnect between the headlines and the actual science," says science editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt, whose staff was already reporting a cover on cancer. "We thought we could separate the hope from the hype with some expert explaining...
...That would be George Grune, 68, who because of an unusual stock arrangement holds sway over enough voting shares to remove every Reader's Digest director. Grune's power source is his role as chairman of two charitable funds established by the company's childless founders, DeWitt and Lila Wallace, who died in 1981 and 1984, respectively. The funds hold 71% of the company's class-B voting shares; fund directors currently occupy three of the eight board seats. Grune also oversees seven foundations that, along with another, smaller, fund, now own 25 million shares (30%) of the company...