Word: luce
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...Henry Luce, the founder of this magazine, is to me a towering figure of this century because he understood these two strands: the value of a citizenry that shared a common ground of information, but also the individual empowerment that comes from new ways of disseminating ideas. That is one reason we wrestled (trying to ignore our own conflict of interest) with putting him on this list. Though he didn't get on in the end, his spirit permeates this issue and the entire TIME 100 series, which is guided by another of his principles: telling the history...
...past few years the law of diminishing returns has certainly applied to NASA. But not to worry. To rejuvenate a failing mission, the agency is granting larks to aging Senators in hope of securing future budget approvals. The Glenn trip is much ado about politics. ROBERT LUCE North Muskegon, Mich...
...founder, Henry Luce, urged us through his life and in his will to practice journalism "in the public interest as well as in the interest of [our] shareholders." In recent weeks we have printed two special reports, one about a week in the life of a hospital and another on how to educate your child, that were specially crafted to help fulfill Luce's pledge. Neither has anything in common with the "Gotcha!" journalism so prevalent today, but both will endure as important investigative reports...
That said, let us review the classic taboos. Religion? Unsafe, unless you follow the example of Henry R. Luce, who had no small talk and once asked a dinner partner in all seriousness, "What do you think of the resurrection of the body?" The woman was, I believe, struck dumb. (I wonder if Luce ever used the line to try to pick up women...
...Henry Luce Foundation supports a number of other programs aside from the fellowships in Asia, including projects in American art, theology and women in science. The foundation was established in memory of Henry R. Luce, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Time...