Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Galbraith story [Feb. 16] is a brilliant analysis of truth and reality. In reading it, one is struck by the fact that our country produces many such men whose wisdom should guide our destiny. Yet, as the 1968 elections approach, it appears that the American people will once again be denied the opportunity to select their President from the ranks of the truly qualified...
...replace Trowbridge, Johnson made an expectably unexpected choice: Cyrus Rowlett Smith, 68, a salty, poker-loving Texan who took over American Airlines in 1934 and guided its growth through the '50s (1967 revenues: $842 million). A brilliant executive, "C.R." helped organize the Army's wartime Air Transport Command, of which he was deputy commander, and wound up a major general at war's end, when he returned to American to steer it into the postwar age of commercial aviation. He resigned only last month as American's chief executive officer and remains chairman of the board...
...celebrate their last anniversary, L.B.J. gave Lady Bird a painting by Henriette Wyeth Hurd, 60, Peter's wife and the sister of Andrew Wyeth. And that may not be the end of it. "I would love to paint Mrs. Johnson," said Henriette. "She has a strong face, brilliant dark eyes, and intense feelings and opinions." All the same, Mrs. Hurd added cautiously, "I would insist on a clear understanding of how it would be done before we start...
Under Arthur Krock and James Reston, the Times's outpost in the capital grew into an independent fiefdom, often brilliant but sometimes slack and slow compared with less lofty competitors. Complaints along these lines from New York headquarters were brushed aside almost as a matter of principle. In 1964, Reston acquired the pulpit of a full-time pundit, and was replaced as bureau chief by Tom Wicker, a top reporter, occasional columnist and indifferent administrator...
...importation of an outsider was to other Ford executives, Vice Chairman Miller seemed almost relieved. No engineer, Miller has never worked on an assembly line or run an auto plant. In his five years as president, he found it difficult to keep some underlings under firm control, notably the brilliant but impulsive Lee lacocca, 43, who heads Ford's North American automotive operations. lacocca (TIME cover, April 17, 1964) had been widely regarded as a candidate for the Ford presidency. Now, he presumably faces a decade of waiting under Knudsen-and one of Detroit's current speculations...