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...have ripped up issues for news before, of course; in fact, on that first day of infamy, when Pearl Harbor was bombed, we ditched the cover we had planned (on a new Walt Disney movie called Dumbo) and switched to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. (In those days we closed early in the week.) In this case, since we now close on Saturdays, the workweek had just begun, so we didn't have to throw anything out; we just started from scratch...
...into our readers' hands as quickly as possible. We have ripped up issues for news before, of course; in fact, on that first day of infamy, when Pearl Harbor was bombed, we ditched the cover we had planned (on a new Walt Disney movie called Dumbo) and switched to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. (In those days we closed early in the week.) In this case, since we now close on Saturdays, the workweek had just begun, so we didn't have to throw anything out; we just started from scratch...
DIED. MAURICE J. NOBLE, 91, multi-award-winning animation designer: in La Crescenta, Calif. Noble worked on some of the country's best-loved animated features, including Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia, Bambi and Snow White, as well as many of the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny cartoons. With two World War II buddies, Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, and director Chuck Jones, he helped create the original TV movie version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
...Sure, we've been known to use Dumbo as a sedative, but most nights ours are the last voices our children hear before they sleep. An acquaintance once boasted that her three kids, including a toddler, put themselves to bed. All she had to do was turn out the lights and lower the volume on each child's TV. That sad image is enough to sustain me until our youngest is an adult, when Santa can do as he pleases...
...fledgling network specializing in spiritual, "family-oriented" programming like Twice in a Lifetime, in which departed souls get a second crack at life. Sagansky, who helped develop Touched and Highway to Heaven, remembers the cynical reactions: "One executive turned to me at a [Touched] screening and said, 'Fly, Dumbo...