David Lawrence, the executive vice president directly responsible for Alaskan operations has left the company.

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David Lawrence, from the Nomadic Preservation Society, was a friend of Miss Dean and said he was "very sad" to hear the news.

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Launched in 1933 by David Lawrence, U.S. News competed for decades with the likes of Time and Newsweek, acting as a weekly distiller of national and foreign news.

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