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...axiom of publishing that the first months, even years, of a new magazine's life are the most traumatic. Vanity Fair, for example, went through millions of Conde Nast dollars before its third editor, Tina Brown, found a formula for success. Thus industry observers were not surprised when ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, less than 16 weeks after its premiere issue, overhauled a glitzy format that both readers and advertisers found confusing. Many more eyebrows, however, were raised last week when E.W.'s founding managing editor, % Jeff Jarvis, 35, abruptly resigned, citing "creative differences" with top editorial management of the parent Time Warner...
...mildly apprehensive about the reception that will greet The Burden of Proof. He expects some reviewers to cudgel him with the success of Presumed Innocent and anticipates complaints that the new novel does not repeat the formula of the old. "But that was intentional," he says. "I was wildly afraid of self-imitation when I began the second book. And I'm proud of The Burden of Proof, particularly the portrait of Sandy Stern and his complicated involvements in family life...
...helping women achieve greater economic independence, the organization has prompted political change as well. Barclays Bank in Kenya, which works closely with the local WWB group, no longer requires a husband's signature when a woman takes out a loan. WWB's formula for economic emancipation works so well that affiliate groups have formed in Ohio and Texas and may soon get started in Eastern Europe...
Trying to put the cold war behind them, Bush and Gorbachev move toward more regular -- and routine -- meetings. -- Bonn takes the lead in seeking a formula to help Moscow accept a unified Germany. -- The First Lady bonds with Raisa and wows them at Wellesley...
...money will be returned to cities and towns along the same formula that it was withheld, legislators said...