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...specific that you want to know, preferably a question that can be answered with numbers, or, if not with numbers, then at least with nouns. The fewer adverbs and adjectives in a CIA report, the better it tends to be." But since this is a world of adverbs and adjectives???that is, of emotions that cannot be measured scientifically ?more subjective analysis is needed. "We're neglecting soft input, the human factor," says a top foreign policy adviser to the White House. "There is insufficient keen political analysis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaping Tomorrow's CIA | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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