Word: analysts
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Democratic in numbers, but many members are Southerners representing stubbornly anti-union constituencies. Nor do traditional party alliances signify much to scores of freshmen and sophomore Democrats who were elected by appealing to moderate Republicans and independents. "Remember," says a political analyst at Common Cause, the liberal lobby, "a lot of these guys ran against the old politics-and there's nothing older than George Meany twisting arms." Even old-line Democrat Al Ullman, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a longtime friend of the unions, opposed the cornmon-situs bill because he thought it potentially...
...what qualifies him for such high posts? Schlesinger is a systems analyst, a member of a special American priesthood that has grown up to cope with the many questions concerning the effectiveness of government and business strategies. Systems analysis, which is really good common sense on a grand scale, combines the knowledge of mathematical probabilities with the aim of dealing with problems in their entirety rather than just piece meal. But since systems analysts use a language unintelligible to outsiders, they have acquired an almost mystical aura. Schlesinger recognized this several years ago and wrote a critical treatise that offended...
...executives at the Rand Corp., the U.S.'s premier think tank, who hired Schlesinger as a senior staff member. He later became director of strategic studies. At Rand, Schlesinger proved, as one colleague recalls, that "he could out-McNamara Mc-Namara"-then the cerebral Defense Secretary and systems analyst par excellence...
Still, Russia's angry warning shots indicate that the Carter Administration has pressed a vulnerable nerve. Says one analyst: "The Soviets are extremely irritated. They're puzzled, worried and scratching around for ways to fight back." The bizarre charges of espionage in Izvestia could, in fact, trigger a fresh round of recriminations. Accused Diplomat Presel is now on medical leave in West Germany, and some U.S. officials assume that he will not be allowed back in. If so, the U.S. will surely reply by sending a Soviet diplomat of similar rank packing home to Moscow...
...ever: shippers could not get export goods out through frozen ports, and more oil had to be imported to keep homes warm. The index of leading indicators-those figures that usually foretell the course of the economy-dropped 1.2%, and factory orders fell 2.1%. The figures, says one Government analyst, "reflect rock bottom, and things should be improving fast from here." Specifically, some economists expect the March unemployment rate to drop back to the January level or below...