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...attempt to elucidate the purpose of Fenno in the Law School community, the publisher of the Record, Robert H. Friedman, explained, "Fennos have conferred a piercing critique of HLS and have balanced their words upon the narrow line that separates candid commentary from mean-spiritedness." In such a role, Fenno serves as the mouth-piece for the law school student body on issues that might otherwise go undiscussed...
...Then, as now, Fennos have conferred a piercing critique of HLS, and have balanced their words upon the narrow line that separates candid commentary from mean-spiritedness," wrote Friedman. "We trust that the professors who wrote to criticize us appreciate the function Fenno serves when Fenno criticizes them...
...nation's great papers, stood up to the Nixon Administration during Watergate and hobnobbed with the rich and powerful while running one of the nation's premier media companies (owner of newspapers and TV stations, as well as Newsweek magazine). In Personal History (Knopf; 642 pages; $29.95), her disarmingly candid and immensely readable autobiography, Graham not only chronicles that personal transformation with more honest self-analysis than probably any other media mogul ever; she also provides an invaluable inside glimpse of some of the most critical turning points in American journalism...
BOOKS . . . PERSONAL HISTORY: In her disarmingly candid and immensely readable autobiography (Knopf; 642 pages; $29.95), Katharine Graham not only chronicles her personal transformation from wife to the "iron lady" who built the Washington Post into one of the nation's great papers; she also provides an invaluable inside glimpse of some of the most critical turning points in American journalism, says TIME's Richard Zoglin. Graham is especially revealing about the insecurities that plagued her when she took over the Post after husband Phil's suicide: "I still had little idea of how to relate to people in a business...
...most powerful people in American journalism. His memoir, One Man's America (Doubleday; 658 pages; $30), is an often eloquent and emotional account of this astonishing passage, filled with the triumphs of a determined and intelligent man successfully navigating the strange waters of an adopted country. He is candid, as well, about his occasional failures...