Published: March 29, 1999
Last Updated: May 20, 1999
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Birthdate: March 3, 1952
Hometown: Chicago
Marital status: Married 27 years (same guy)
Children: Elizabeth, 10, and Anastasia, 8
Self-Portrait: Serious, driven, opera-loving, competitive skeet shooter
Greatest feat: Giving birth to successful new newspapers and great new sections
Worst habit: Giving birth to successful new newspapers and great new sections
Pet peeves: Lying and whining
Luxury is:  Finishing that last item on the “to do” list
Favorite publication: The New Yorker
Favorite cartoon: Two older ladies looking sadly down onto a gravestone, one saying: “I told him it wouldn’t kill him to try to be nice once in a while, but I was wrong.”
Best part of job: Making things happen/”moving the needle”
Worst part of job: Trying to convince others to want to make things happen
Vacation spot: Rough cabin in New Hampshire
Favorite program: “CBS Sunday Morning”
Books at bedside: “Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne” by Stephen Ambrose and “Santa Evita” by Tomas Eloy Martinez