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...Chief Hedley Donovan, "in a way that throws the American system fundamentally and dangerously out of balance...
...devoting much of the observance of its 50th anniversary to a study of Congress and its decline. Already TIME has held four regional meetings at which scholars, members of Congress and civic leaders discussed the problem and possible remedies. What is really at stake, explained Editor-in-Chief Hedley Donovan, is "whether a democratic society puts some value on collective wisdom as opposed to centralized individual wisdom, and whether the Congress can make a more constructive contribution to public policy...
...announcement came after continuing losses-some $30 million since 1969. In the face of soaring costs, why did LIFE continue to publish for four unprofitable years? At a valedictory staff meeting, Hedley Donovan, editor in chief of Time Inc., gave the reason: "We persevered as long as we could see any realistic prospects, within a reasonable time span, of a turn-around in LIFE's economy." Those prospects were extinguished this fall with melancholy prognoses for decreased circulation and advertising pages. These, coupled with postal-rate increases (amounting to 170% over five years) made the end inevitable...
...Home" when ecology was an uncelebrated concept. A scrupulous series, the World's Great Religions, was praised by scores of religious leaders. These great series became the cornerstones of a major publishing phenomenon, TIME-LIFE Books. These continuing volumes now assure LIFE a measure of survival. In Hedley Donovan's phrase, "LIFE will go on in many ways and places, not least in its influence on the other magazines and books of Time...
...hand in Miami Beach were Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan, TIME Managing Editor Henry Grunwald, Senior Editor Jason McManus, and the Nation staff of 16, who were intent on assessing an event that has no real parallel in all the world's governments...