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...magazine's new owners (TIME. Nov. 29), Charney took the title of editor and stepped up the search for what he called a "consummate professional" to help him revitalize and run the Review. The search ended last week with the selection of TIME Senior Editor Ronald P. Kriss...
...Kriss, 37, will serve as executive editor while he and Charney develop the Review's four new monthly offspring, which are scheduled to start publication next September. Then, Charney says, he expects to concentrate on expanding the conglomerate parent, Saturday Review Industries, and make Kriss the sixth editor in the Review's 48-year history...
...American journalist, Cairo ranks as one of the most fascinating, challenging-and frustrating-capitals in the world," says World Editor, Ronald Kriss. All three elements were in play last week for Kriss, who returned from a visit to Egypt and Israel just in time to edit the current issue's cover story on Anwar Sadat...
While in Cairo, Kriss interviewed a number of government officials and came away impressed by Arab officialdom's penchant for privacy. "Getting permission to take a picture anywhere in Cairo," says Kriss, "can be a feat in itself." Beirut Bureau Chief Gavin Scott, who did most of the reporting for the cover story, has become inured to this sort of thing; last week he was making his 25th visit to Cairo in 18 months. "Blind censorship is rigorous," says Scott. "You never know what's been subtracted from outgoing cables-or added for that matter. Despite such hazards...
...obvious interest in Suez Canal negotiations, the surprising note in Benghazi was the saber-rattling declaration that the three members of the Union of Arab Republics would continue the war against Israel and even reopen the long-quiet eastern front. Visiting Cairo last week, TIME Senior Editor Ron Kriss received an explanation from Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Salah Gohar of what such declarations mean. "When Arabs argue," said Gohar, one of the main architects of Egypt's diplomatic strategy, "they start on opposite sidewalks and shout at one another, 'I will carve you into pieces...