Word: approaches
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...estimates Carter would rank among the upper 5% or 10% of graduate students in top universities. Says Okun: "What struck me is you really see an engineer's mind at work, not a peanut farmer, not a Baptist preacher, not a standard politician, but the engineering and management-science approach...
...stages of policymaking. In a mock report card he drew up several years ago, he barely passed the Administration (marking it C) for its handling of relations with Europe, and gave it a D for its dealings with Japan. Brzezinski's most marked departure from Kissinger's approach may be in tone. While Kissinger with his cosmic sweep at times has seemed pessimistic about the U.S., Brzezinski insists he is optimistic. Says he: "I think we are on the upswing...
...perhaps undecided. The President-elect said last week at a news conference that "my own preference is to concentrate on job opportunities"−meaning he would put more emphasis on Government spending for job-creating programs, less on a tax cut. On the Board of Economists, Nathan favors that approach as a method not only to put people to work but to begin tackling some of the nation's unmet social needs−for example, mass transit and aid to education. Other Democrats on the board doubt that new spending programs beyond $5 billion or so could be cranked...
...researchers look for systems and equations to classify their data. A 1973 study of how students decide what college they will attend looks at the students as "investors" who try to estimate the yearly earnings they can expect after attending different colleges. The study is reminiscent of the approach to education of Stephen S.J. Hall, onetime hotel chain executive and former vice president for administration at Harvard. Hall touted Harvard as "one of the finest universities in the world as far as the product they turn...
Vance foresees a coordinated approach by the U.S. that would include the National Security Council and the State, Defense, Treasury and Agriculture departments. Said he: "There cannot and will not be the backbiting and jockeying for position that have occurred from time to time. President-elect Carter feels strongly about this, and so do I." Subject to Carter's approval, Vance favors having the Secretary of the Treasury sit in on National Security Council meetings...