Now Time had a news peg for its cover story. But the magazine still needed a Reformer on the cover. Time wanted Boyd or Sprey but, to the utter astonishment of the magazine, both refused. Neither had any desire for publicity. Since Boyd was the point of contact for the Time reporters, they leaned on him to come up with a cover boy. Boyd pulled Spinney aside and said, “You’re going to be on the cover of Time.” Spinney recoiled. “The hell I am.” “Listen very carefully to what I am about to tell you,” Boyd said. “After you testify over on the Hill you are going to be vulnerable. They will be
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