Word: jim
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...trusts the states, not the lawyers, yet he was the first one into federal court to try to halt the hand count. Congressional Republicans seethed that Bush was losing the air war; he seemed to be almost hiding from the reality of what he faced, leaving the fight to Jim Baker and Dick Cheney while he played Greta Garbo. At a lunch for Republican Senators last week, allies were handing out red, white and blue ribbons that read 'TIL GEORGE BUSH GETS JUSTICE, as though he were a political prisoner...
...York plans to introduce a bill directing the Federal Election Commission to evaluate various vote systems and propose guidelines for adopting the most effective ones. Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is calling for a commission to do the same. A similar bill in the House is sponsored by Republican Jim Leach of Iowa and Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio, who almost lost his seat in 1988 because of a poorly designed ballot. Because congressional candidates appeared on the same line as presidential candidates, 79,000 people neglected to cast a vote for Congress...
...been managing editor of TIME for the past five years, will become editorial director of Time Inc., the Time Warner division that publishes more than 40 magazines, including TIME, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE, FORTUNE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, MONEY and INSTYLE. Walter's successor as TIME's 15th managing editor will be Jim Kelly, who is moving up from his role as deputy managing editor. The changes will take place...
...would include among the most memorable stories that appeared during Walter's tenure the intellectually fascinating TIME 100 series that culminated with the selection of Albert Einstein as the Person of the Century; two enterprising series by Don Barlett and Jim Steele that investigated corporate welfare and campaign finance; and Walter's own writing, including his profile of Bill Gates, which remains the best piece I have ever read on the Microsoft billionaire. But even more important than these highlights was TIME's editorial consistency, its cruising speed, which also rose to new levels...
Magazines are not democracies (just ask our writers), but if we had put the choice of Walter's successor as managing editor to a vote, I have no doubt staff members would have elected Jim Kelly unanimously. Jim has been Walter's partner in success, filling a role that not only demands his proven talents as an editor but also calls on him to be the magazine's top administrator. Either task is difficult; Jim has handled both flawlessly...