Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...city manager was green, but he was a fighter and an organizer. He repeatedly defeated blocking efforts of opposition Councilmen; he pulled down the tax rate and attracted more industry to Cambridge; he replaced who-you-know with what-you-know as criterion for city employee advancement as he streamlined municipal administration generally...
...both masters noted that the general criterion for allowing freedom in either case is whether the action involved will reflect on the University...
...mistress Stella hangs on in the party, trying to help the leaders bring Rocco back. But when she is asked to hunt for some damaging "false documents," Stella wonders if the manuscripts really lie. The party man sets her straight; "You know the infallible criterion of the Party: anything that harms Russia is false...
...Simple Criterion. CIA was still concentrating on establishing itself as an independent intelligence collection and research agency when the invasion of South Korea caught the U.S. Government by surprise. Called up to Capitol Hill to explain why there had been no advance warning, Admiral Hillenkoetter convinced most Congressmen that CIA was not at fault. Nobody asked a critical question which nevertheless hung over CIA's head. The question: Had CIA ever pulled all the intelligence services together and produced a national intelligence estimate on the North Korean threat? The answer...
Smith and his team also shook up CIA's staff, which included a considerable number of dubious security risks and dilettantes. In Smith's first month, 50 employees were fired. The criterion which Smith established was simple. Said he: "I don't care whether they were blabbing secrets or not. Just give me names of people at Georgetown cocktail parties...