William Shawn
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William Shawn
William Shawnwas an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987...
drop policy
We have a policy at The New Yorker, ... That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.
years facts truth-is
The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal accuracy but to truth. And truth begins, journalistically, with the facts.
people arbors possibility
There are other places, surely, for other people, but for me there is one place, Ann Arbor, for there it was I discovered what lifes bright possibilities were.