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<title>
Apr. 09, 1990: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Apr. 09, 1990 America's Changing Colors
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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<p> How healthy is Mikhail Gorbachev? Who made the best career
move last week? Who is more outrageous, Clayton Williams or Gus
Savage? And why might James Baker go to Wyoming for more than
the fishing and beautiful scenery? You can discover the answers
to all these questions in our expanded, one-page Grapevine
section, now running at the front of the magazine. First
introduced in Nation two years ago, Grapevine offered readers
an insidey look at politics in Washington and across the
country. We'll still give you a behind-the-scenes look at those
who govern us, but now the whole world is our stage, from
Hollywood to the Pentagon, from Steinbrenner to Milken. "The
purpose is to be fun and lively while still being informative,"
says senior editor Walter Isaacson, who will oversee the
section.
</p>
<p> The task of gathering many of the items and tracking down
the accuracy of the section falls to reporter-researcher David
Ellis. Known to colleagues as "Mr. Insider," Ellis has a keen
ear for odd information and irreverent observation and is a
storehouse of facts about the famous and infamous. He fondly
recalls, for example, that Jimi Hendrix had a disastrous turn
as an opening act for the Monkees in 1967. As comfortable with
sports trivia as he is with political arcana, Ellis considers
1972 a noteworthy year because a New York Yankee (Rich
McKinney) made four errors in one game and Archie Bunker
received a vote for Vice President at the Democratic Convention
in Miami Beach.
</p>
<p> Ellis joined TIME in 1985 after writing news for a Boston
radio station and working in London as an intern for The
Economist magazine, where he wrote about subjects as varied as
business, science and British politics. But he says he is
fascinated by off-beat items because they are "a good way to
find out what motivates people in the news. Sometimes it's the
overlooked fact or deed that is an important part of the
mind-set of decision makers." Concurs senior writer Paul Gray,
who is writing Grapevine: "While these items don't in themselves
make a full TIME story, they provide information and a unique
view of the news." For example, who curtly dismissed the Great
Wall of China as "just a pile of bricks"? And who offered to
help topple Manuel Noriega on the cheap? Turn to page 27 and
find out.
</p>
<p>-- Louis A. Weil III
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</article>
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