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...Well," said Graham, "I guess everyone who wants to go to Grenada is there." -By Otto Friedrich...
Senior Writer Otto Friedrich, who supervised the selection and editing of the historic articles, had the formidable task of sifting through more than 3,000 issues of TIME. Some choices were easy: the Crash of '29, the start of World War II, the fiery dawn of the nuclear age over Hiroshima. Others, involving popular trends and celebrities, were less so, if only because there were so many candidates. "Putting the book together was a little like cooking," says Friedrich. "We were always looking for the perfect balance of ingredients...
...charge of this ambitious project-at 86 editorial pages, it is the biggest in the magazine's history-was Senior Writer Otto Friedrich. The author of several historical books, the most recent of which was The End of the World, Friedrich was also responsible for the issue of TIME that celebrated America's 1976 Bicentennial. The issue featured Thomas Jefferson on the cover and retold the events of the fateful week of July...
...cover story itself was supervised by Senior Editor Jim Atwater, who has supervised six children of his own. It was written by Senior Writer Otto Friedrich, a father of five, who is now watching his first granddaughter, Julia, 2, grow up. "Being a grandparent lets you relive the emotions of parenthood, but at a remove," Friedrich says. "And it really revives your interest." His interest in the young extends to the world of books. He has collaborated with his wife Priscilla on nine published children's volumes. One of them, The Easter Bunny That Overslept, a classic...
...lessons imperfectly learned from the imperialist powers of the 19th century contained, or perhaps simply intensified, some dangerous poisons: a hunger for autocracy, a reliance on force, a fear of isolation from the world, and a rankling sense of grievance. The world would hear more of them. -By Otto Friedrich...