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January, 1979

Hugh M. HefnerWhen I conceived this magazine a quarter of a century ago, I had no notion that it would become one of the most important, imitated, influential and yet controversial publishing ventures of our time. The early Fifties was an era of conformity and repression--of Eisenhower and Senator Joe McCarthy--the result of two decades of Depression and war. But it was also a period of reawakening in America--with a re-emphasis on the importance of the individual, on his rights and opportunitie...