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"Fortune, like Time magazine was born from a desire to create a magazine that elevated the reader above the commonheard by making information King. To reflect this 'elevated thinking', covers were commissioned to convey 'a new intelligence', often abstract seldom cryptic. It's a balancing act Fortune finds too hard to convey to it's readers these days and now reflects the raw, garish and typically ugly state that big business seems to be in today." [Open any image in a new window to view a larger version]