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FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR, Page 23
This week I am borrowing the space that usually belongs to my
colleague, TIME's worldwide publisher Bob Miller, because I want
to share with you my excitement over the issue in your hands. We
journalists take much of our job satisfaction from the sense that
we are constantly recording history as it is made, each day and
each week. Last week history came pounding over the wires into our
offices and then out to the presses with unusual drama and clarity.
Tuesday's elections gave us America's first elected black
Governor, Doug Wilder of Virginia. That event, along with an
analysis of the progress blacks have made in other contests, and
Lance Morrow's account of his return to the grass roots of Prince
Edward County, was our cover story until Thursday afternoon. But
then came the stunning announcement that East Germans be allowed
to travel through the Berlin Wall and would be granted freer
elections as well. Bonn bureau chief Jim Jackson called me to urge
that we change the cover, but my fellow editors and I hardly needed
to be persuaded. Our twelve-page cover treatment on East Germany
includes a vivid pictorial record of this emotional moment in
history and a thoughtful assessment of what these changes may mean
for Europe -- and for all of us. We're still giving you the full
Wilder story in the Nation section.
History isn't written only in headlines, any more than news is
all made by diplomats and politicians. Consider the ETHICS story
on the efforts of gays to win legal recognition for their
relationships. Or the report in IDEAS on Japanese author Shintaro
Ishihara's blunt criticisms of American attitudes. We have
exclusive excerpts in WORLD from a private memo Richard Nixon sent
to congressional leaders after his recent China visit. By the way,
you'll notice that we've moved INTERVIEW to a new position near the
front of the magazine, ahead of NATION.
It was an exhilarating week to be an editor. I hope that as
you read this issue you will catch our excitement over the events
and ideas in the air.