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...crowd. His intense interest in information technology had us using the Internet for all it was worth before many people knew what it was. He understands business and the economy deeply--before joining us he had a long career at the Wall Street Journal, including eight years as managing editor--so he guided us expertly through the heady '90s and their trying aftermath. The range of his expertise is breathtaking. Just one example: his knowledge of blues and jazz is so authoritative that he once published his ranking of the 20 best recordings of Stormy Monday Blues. His remarkable combination...
...Norm's most inspired choices was naming John Huey managing editor of FORTUNE in 1995. John is a native Atlantan who served as a Navy intelligence officer, then began his journalism career in classic fashion at a small-town weekly, the DeKalb New Era. From there it was on to the Atlanta Constitution, and then the Wall Street Journal, where he got to know Norm. Together they helped launch the Journal's European edition in the early '80s. John came to FORTUNE as a writer in 1988. When Norm joined Time Inc. as editor-in-chief seven years later...
Here's how I know John will make a great editor-in-chief. He is unsurpassed anywhere as a judge of talent. He is passionate about storytelling and making our product utterly compelling. He has an amazing ability to execute--to make his dreams and ideas actually happen. And like Norm, he can see earlier than most people where the world is heading. That gift will help him find ever more ways to deliver our editorial product, not just in magazines but also through a multiplying array of digital media...
...reader, you may not meet the editor-in-chief all that often. But I wanted you to appreciate what a good friend and advocate you've had in Norm for the past 11 years, and to be as enthusiastic as I am about the extraordinary magazine experience--on paper and beyond--that I'm certain John Huey will bring you in the years ahead...
That scheme had come to seem impossibly harsh. Says the Rev. James Martin, an editor at the Jesuit publication America who has performed many baptisms: "My idea of God is not a God who would condemn a baby to an imperfect life for eternity." Many priests have downplayed limbo out of similar concerns, and Martin lauds the Vatican panel for "bringing theological development in line with pastoral application...