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...Town Crier of Hollywood," Army Archerd made two simple requests of the celebrities he covered: "Give me a call" and "Don't let me read about it." Archerd, who died Sept. 8 at 87, spent more than half a century chronicling the industry's élite for Daily Variety. He interviewed Humphrey Bogart on his deathbed, Marilyn Monroe (below, with Archerd) in her dressing room, Charlie Chaplin in the director's chair and nearly every other star in Tinseltown. For nearly 50 years, he also served as the official greeter at the Academy Awards--a role that helped earn...
...skepticism that had no patience for cant or showboaters. Budding editors had no better mentor. Elson once said the process of editing was the opposite of the American jurisprudence system, in that every writer was guilty until proved innocent. He had good advice for writers as well. "Never let the search for the perfect get in the way of the perfectly good," he would say as deadline approached. Then he would take the story from you, guilty until proved innocent...
STANFORD UNIVERSITY Let go of 49 staffers from its graduate school of business...
Henry could find the biscuit by sniffing the cups or knocking them over. But Hare does not plan to let him have it so easy. Instead, he simply points at the cup on the right. Henry looks at Hare's hand and follows the pointed finger. Kivell then releases the leash, and Henry walks over to the cup that Hare is pointing to. Hare lifts it to reveal the biscuit reward. (See TIME's photo-essay "Puppies Behind Bars...
...spots. When they departed, the ancestors of dogs could move in. At first, when humans and wolves came into contact, many of the animals ran away. Others lashed out and were killed. Only the affable animals had the temperament to become camp followers, and their new supply of food let them produce affable puppies. "They selected themselves," says Horowitz...