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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schreiber keeps tight control over his agents in Frankfurt, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore, contacting his team almost instantly to find out who is buying, where and why. Such intelligence enables the bank to be extremely precise in its own actions. Says Schreiber: "Even after we submit written...
This year the offensive against the September surge is particularly strong. Budget Director James McIntyre last month fired off to all agencies the most detailed memo yet on "controlling year-end buying," even including guidelines for buying furniture. At the next Cabinet meeting, probably this week, McIntyre, with the President...
Still, eliminating the ritual will be difficult even with the best of will. Two years ago, former HEW Secretary Joseph Califano put out a tough warning against an eleventh-hour spree. Later studies showed that 77% of Califano's printing budget for his own Office of the Secretary was...
Despite occasional setbacks - flings with snowmobiles and minibikes in the early '70s skidded in red ink - Coleman does not hesitate to take on the big boys, even in their specialties. For example, the company has made impressive headway against Thermos (coolers) and Grumman (canoes). When Coleman engineers learned how...
Even so, the IRS seems reluctant to take strong action against the cheating. Americans are already complaining enough about the heavy burden of Government bureaucracy. Said one Treasury official: "There is no way you can win on this subject. It always looks like we are going after the baby-sitters...