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...DIED. HENRY LUCE III, 80, elder son of TIME co-founder Henry R. Luce and TIME Inc. executive whose posts at the company over 29 years included TIME's national affairs writer, London bureau chief and publisher, and head of the planning and construction of the TIME & Life Building, TIME Inc.'s headquarters, in New York's Rockefeller Center, that was completed in 1960; on Fishers Island, New York. Before arriving at the company's flagship magazine in 1951, Hank, as he was known, served in the wartime U.S. Navy and as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. From...
DIED. HENRY LUCE III, 80, elder son of TIME co-founder Henry R. Luce and a Time Inc. executive, whose posts at the company over 29 years included serving as publisher of TIME; on Fishers Island, N.Y. Before arriving at Time Inc.'s flagship magazine in 1951, Hank, as he was known, served in the wartime U.S. Navy and as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. A fierce defender of editorial freedom, Luce sat on the company's board of directors from 1967 to 1996 and, as head of the Luce Foundation for more than 30 years, oversaw hundreds...
Child care is, of course, critical for working moms and dads, but now companies are paying increasing attention to other family members. About 1 out of 3 large companies offer elder-care assistance, with IBM helping lead the way. Many provide counseling, workshops and flexible-spending accounts for caregiving services, while others contract with referral services...
Long before his son Ben appeared as the quiet lieutenant in the documentary Gunner Palace, long before a Baghdad bomb took Ben's life on Nov. 1, 2003, the elder Colgan, of Kent, Wash., was an antiwar activist, a member of the Catholic peace group Pax Christi. But Ben's independent streak led him to join the Army just out of high school. His death has made Colgan's personal pacifism surprisingly divisive. While Colgan and his wife Pat remain opposed to the war, Ben's widow Jill and other family members are equally ardent supporters. "I didn't think...
This is the 35-year-old Agassi’s 20th year in the New York tournament—Blake himself is only 25—and for all the adoration Agassi garners as the game’s elder statesman, there’s no denying that the feel-good-story of this Open belongs to the younger...