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Most Presidents have complained about their Cabinets, but Nixon is the first to alter the structure significantly. He has promoted three Cabinet members to the rank of Presidential Counsellor, with broadened responsibility for handling interdepartmental programs. Health, Education and Welfare Secretary-designate Caspar Weinberger will become Counsellor for Human Resources, Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate James Lynn will be Counsellor for Community Development, and Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz will oversee Natural Resources. Each will confront related problems that overlap various departments. The shift is sensible, but it has been accomplished at the expense of the other Cabinet officers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Rage to Reorganize | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...outspoken foe of the Viet Nam War, now seems intent on restoring Congress's position vis-a-vis the Executive. He insists that reform is inescapable. Criticized for his methods, Mansfield once replied: "I am what I am, and no title, political face lifter or image maker can alter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Cast of Characters for the 93rd Congress | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

...loss of Brown forced Hart to alter his ordinary game plan. "Without Lew we could not use the fast break too much. We had to go with setting up the good play and controlling rebounds," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Five Downs Newbury With Star Intramural Recruit | 1/9/1973 | See Source »

...Plan 4, represents the ultimate compromise: half of each of Plans 2 and 3. Under Plan 4, connections would be built at the Quad to house 100 extra students, and an approximately 100-person dorm would be built at the site of Hunt Hall. While this plan does not alter the freshman year in any way, it does provide some significant advantages...

Author: By Merrick Garland, | Title: Harvard Housing: Playing the 'Numbers Game' | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

...there has never been a serious College-wide consideration of what should have been the first question: What will an expansion in College size do to the quality of undergraduate education? With the projected decrease in the number of teaching fellows, and with the absence of any plans to alter educational facilities in response to an increase in size, the impact of expansion on quality ought to be a primary consideration. It is precisely that consideration that has forced Yale's President Brewster to reevaluate his own decision to expand the size of that institution...

Author: By Merrick Garland, | Title: Harvard Housing: Playing the 'Numbers Game' | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

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