Word: hughed
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Journalists often need to be archaeologists, sifting through the pottery shards and empty chambers of a place to unlock its mysteries. During his 33 years at TIME, Washington contributing editor Hugh Sidey has developed his own way to recognize the character of small towns. "If there is a nice, tidy Episcopal church, then you know there is a strong ruling elite," he says. "If there is a huge Methodist church, you know there is a large middle class. And if you go to the main square and the streets are deserted, you know there is a discount store somewhere...
Cracking the enigma of Mississippi's Delta for this week's issue, however, strained even Sidey's talents. To prepare for the story -- the latest in a series of dispatches appearing under the rubric Hugh Sidey's America -- Sidey spent two weeks poring over books on the region and interviewed almost 100 sources. "The Delta is so complex and different," he says. "There, the struggle for the nation's soul is still going...
...loans. That has helped perpetuate a credit crunch that began last year when bank regulators tightened loan standards to avoid a repeat of the savings and loan fiasco. Even the Fed's lowering of interest rates in recent months has scarcely encouraged bank lending to pick up. Asserts Hugh Johnson, chief economist for First Albany, a securities firm: "More than at any time in the past, banks are dragging their feet...
BUREAUS: Joelle Attinger, Barrett Seaman (Deputy Chiefs of Correspondents); Suzanne Davis (Deputy, Administration) Special Correspondent: Michael Kramer Correspondent at Large: Bonnie Angelo Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey Diplomatic Correspondent: Christopher Ogden...
According to Cambridge architect Hugh A. Russell '64, one of the city's voices on the bridge committee, "there've been enormous improvements...