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...name of Henry R. Luce, if you could keep your mouth shut for 50 years, there is no reason to editorialize now except for personal vendetta. My only question is: Now that you have crucified Nixon, who will crucify you? I will not cancel my 25-year subscription to your so-called journalistic effort for the simple reason that I wish to have the pleasure of receiving your final edition. May it be soon, for the sake of our nation...
After the Inauguration, when it was reported to him that Clare Boothe Luce had been smitten by Teddy Kennedy and had said to friends that Teddy "looked like a Greek god," the President said with a delightfully wicked grin: "Are you sure she didn't say he looked like a goddam Greek...
CLAIRE BOOTHE LUCE: If the President is innocent of the allegations made by the press, the press should not force him to resign. If he is guilty, the Constitution provides the way for bringing him to justice in the due process of impeachment and trial. The President is not above the law, but he is not below it either. He has his right like any other citizen to his day in court. The press has insisted repeatedly that Watergate has brought about a constitutional crisis. The way through that crisis is the way provided by the Constitution. The people, through...
...ILLUSTRATED was two years old when Laguerre was assigned to cover the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina for Time Inc. His reporting, and perhaps the reputation he had earned as "the sage of Longchamp and Ascot" for his expertise as a handicapper of thoroughbred race horses, persuaded Henry R. Luce to transfer Laguerre to his new sports magazine as assistant managing editor. Soon after he became managing editor in April 1960, Laguerre recruited young writers and encouraged them to develop their individual styles, sharply increased the number of color pages in each issue, and concentrated heavily on the spectator sports...
...Russia is a restraining influence, at this point, not an aggressor," Luce said...