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White began working for TIME in 1939 at the age of 24 when a man named John Hersey, a promising writer for the magazine, signed him up as a China stringer. The new reporter soon discovered that he had an unexpected fan. Henry R. Luce, TIME cofounder, had been born in China and took a special interest in the young journalist's stories. Eventually, in 1945, the two men broke over the issue of China. Luce continued to believe that Chiang Kai-shek was a great man and the right leader for his country, while White became increasingly critical...
...other six Harvard fellowships went to Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law; Orlando Patterson, professor of Sociology; Seymour Slive, Gleason Professor of Fine Arts and director of the Fogg Art Museum; Dr. Don W. Fawcett, Hersey Professor of Anatomy; Dr. Karel F. Liem, Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology; and Dr. Alan A. Stone '50, professor of Law and Psychiatry...
...program has some real gems including Monk's "Well You Needn't" and "Straight, No Chaser," and Weill's "Lover Man," a personal favorite. Also localite (what an ugly word) Baird Hersey's "From the Tower" will be performed. (By the way if you are really into alto sax, get a listen to what Jackie McLean is into today. The Source and The Meeting are two albums that feature some of the best alto ever played--no apologies to the master...
...Rich Man, Poor Man was really the start," concedes Paul Monash, who produced Carrie for the movies before joining CBS last October. After a late start, his network bought up the TV rights to John Dean's Blind Ambition, John Hersey's The Wall and Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls. NBC has kept pace with series plans for Seventh Avenue, by Norman Bogner, and Wheels, by Arthur Hailey. Not resting on its ratings, ABC has hired Roots Producer Stan Margulies for a ten-hour version of Hawaii, by James Michener. Washington, a series based...
...have been copyrighted, the copyright would have been due to expire ten years ago. Despite the advent of such undreamed-of complications as TV and photocopiers, the battles over changes dragged on through 20 years. "The new law has seen righting and its body shows some scars," says John Hersey, president of the Authors' League. "But on the whole it is a good bill...