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163 you've taken it at every possible angle doesn't mean you've commu- nicated the essence of a story." Now, Liss is passing his craft down to his students. He started teaching as an adjunct at North- western University during his last years with Time's Chicago bureau and later began teaching full-time at Columbia College Chicago. This fall, he joined the faculty at Endi- cott College in Beverly, a move he calls "the best damn thing that's happened to me since I signed a contract with Time." The job brought Liss back closer to home, and he says that the school's administration is support- ive and that he thrives on the en- ergy of his students. But he's acutely aware of the fact that they are pay- ing tens of thousands of dollars to learn what he picked up on the job (Liss deferred his admission to col- OeJe seYeraO times EeIore finaOOy Ge- ciding not to go, although, he says, "You need a college degree today to be an assistant plumber.") He also knows that magazine budgets and circulation numbers are shrinking, and that none of his students are likely to land a gig at Time. So, does Liss worry that he's giv- ing his students false hope, helping tKem to GeYeOop sNiOOs in a fieOG where few will be able to succeed? "Nightly," he says. Clockwise from top left, Mother Teresa; Bill Clinton; and the Red Sox winning the AL pennant at the 1975 World Series Below, Liss at Endicott In a gallery at Endicott's Man- ninen Center of the Arts, the walls are covered with Liss's photo- graphs. A young boy holds a candle at a vigil for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. A teenage runaway lights up a cigarette in Hollywood. The newly inaugurated George H. W. Bush descends the steps of the Capitol with former President Reagan. Mother Teresa looks off into the distance, her lips parted in a smile. And then there are the Time covers. Bill Clinton shows up twice. Hillary Clinton also makes an ap- pearance, alongside the words "As- cent of a Woman." Some covers are relics of a bygone era (remember when Pat Buchanan and Jesse "The Body" Ventura were important players on the national political stage?), while others, like one for a story on the rise of autism, are still very relevant today. "History and sociology play a strong role in the work that I do," says Liss, his black Nike sneakers propped up on a table in the mid- photograph by Joel Laino (Steve Liss portrait)