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<text id=89TT0331>
<title>
Jan. 30, 1989: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Jan. 30, 1989 The Bush Era Begins
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 6
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<p> As Washington heralded a changing of the guard at the White
House last week, so did TIME. Our inauguration, however, was a
far more modest affair: we installed Michael Duffy and Dan
Goodgame as our new White House correspondents, then sent them
across town to front-row seats at the swearing-in of the
country's 41st President. The White House beat is not always so
glamorous. Or so easy. It requires unusual quantities of
persistence, curiosity and humor, qualities that both
correspondents demonstrated before they reached the Oval Office
watch.
</p>
<p> A native of Columbus, Duffy, 30, graduated from Oberlin
College in 1980, then went to work as a military-affairs
reporter in Washington. Five years later, he signed on with
TIME, reporting first on the Pentagon, then moving to Capitol
Hill before joining the campaign trail last year to cover
George Bush, Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson. His time in
Washington has given Duffy an appreciation for one of the first
principles of reporting governmental affairs: hurry up and wait.
Duffy has spent entire days -- followed by long nights --
waiting outside closed doors to learn the latest twist about
tax-reform negotiations or the Iran-contra investigations.
</p>
<p> "Since a big part of covering the White House involves
waiting -- waiting in outer offices to talk with officials,
waiting on runways for motorcades, waiting for Bush to catch a
fish -- I'm well trained for this position," says Duffy.
</p>
<p> Goodgame, 34, confesses to being not so patient a waiter as
Duffy, but he's learning. A native of Pascagoula, Miss.,
Goodgame studied at the University of Mississippi and at
Oxford. After stints at the Tampa Tribune and Miami Herald, he
joined TIME's Los Angeles bureau in 1984, where he covered
everything from immigration to movie stars. "My editors, in
their wisdom, saw some natural progression from profiling Bill
Cosby to covering the President," he says.
</p>
<p> Goodgame is too modest: he, like Duffy, spent the past year
on the campaign trail. While Goodgame misses California, he
relishes his new assignment. "Michael and I agree that the only
thing worse than covering the White House would be not ever
getting to cover it," he says. So far, the wait seems worth it.
</p>
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