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- Sep. 06, 1993: From The Publisher
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Sep. 06, 1993 Boom Time In The Rockies
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
- Elizabeth Valk Long
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- <p> A Must-see on any tour of our headquarters in New York City
- is the office of senior editor Howard Chua-Eoan, who edited
- this week's cover story on the Rocky Mountain boom in addition
- to our coverage of Michael Jackson's woes and the frantic behind-the-scenes
- fine-tuning of Bill Clinton's health-care proposal. Instead
- of a more traditional ficus plant, a 6-ft.-tall inflatable Godzilla
- peers from one corner of Howard's work space, while Gumby covers
- the exit. A prehistoric pteranodon (with a 6-ft. wingspan)
- swoops over story conferences from its perch on the ceiling.
- Souvenirs sent from all over the world by friends and colleagues
- line the bookshelves. "Some people would say I have an office
- in lieu of a personality," says Howard. "It's my secret garden
- of kitsch."
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- <p> Don't let the modest talk fool you. Chua-Eoan is no shrinking
- violet. A native of the Philippines, he started working at TIME
- 10 years ago, answering phones and taking lunch orders as the
- Saturday secretary for the Nation section. Last week, for the
- first time, he was acting editor of the Nation section and someone
- else took his calls. In between, he has written stories on everything
- from pets to Raisa Gorbachev, from the history of World War
- II to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Two years ago, our sister
- publication People magazine spirited him and his menagerie away.
- But life at TIME seemed so un fulfilling without our eclectic
- materialist that we enticed Howard back to the fold as Society
- editor last spring. Since then, he has overseen covers that
- have examined the ethics of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's euthanasia
- campaign, the culture of violence in America and the anguished
- battle over Baby Jessica. "Politics and science and business
- often deal with complex issues," says Chua-Eoan. "I prefer stories
- that focus on human lives and emotions. They are simpler and
- yet more enigmatic."
- </p>
- <p> By now you may be harboring the impression that the Time & Life
- Building serves as this self-confessed workaholic's home away
- from home. We would like to quash that persistent rumor once
- and for all. We really would. It's just that we have never seen
- Chua-Eoan's apartment, and some of us are beginning to suspect
- that he may never have laid eyes on it either. Howard has been
- sighted on every floor of the building except the lobby. That
- leaves one inescapable conclusion. "When Howard talks about
- commuting," says International senior editor John Saar, "he
- means getting on the elevator and going from one floor to the
- other."
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