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...have become a good man." "I quit running at 95." "It was just as pleasant as a good restaurant." Who said which? These quotes, out of this week's TIME, were said (but not in the same order) by Jawaharlal Nehru, Pavel Popovich, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Matthew J. Culligan, Douglas MacArthur, Niccoló Tucci and Dwight Eisenhower. One way to find out is to try to match the quote with the speaker. Another way is to read this week's TIME...
...ground, over the telephone, Curtis Publishing Co.'s new boss. Matthew J. Culligan, is moving every bit as fast as he said he would. He floats between his Westchester home and Curtis' Philadelphia office by helicopter, using a suitcase for a desk; he drives to Manhattan in a limousine, usually taking along a neighboring adman and giving him an hour's pep talk on Curtis. He always sets his watch to run nine minutes fast, and he schedules every minute of his 20-hour day. Says an associate: "Many is the time Culligan rings...
Flying to Detroit last week to tackle the automakers, Culligan set up a system of "task forces" to give him a complete marketing report on every company he visited and a biographical sketch of its top executives. After calling on each executive, he repeated their conversation into a portable recording machine in his car, then went to the next call with a clear mind. "Over the years," says Culligan, "I have been able to erase my so-called mind. An executive simply talks at me, and for some reason I am able to retain it." Culligan polished off most...
...Handling this company is like skiing." mused Culligan. "If you are standing looking down a great slope, as an experienced skier, there is nothing to it. It offers fun, adventure, a chance to use your skills. But if you haven't done it before, the prospect is terrifying. This is the fourth time I've attempted this kind of thing. In many respects, the other slopes were much tougher." How are things on the hazardous Curtis slope six weeks after Culligan started at the top? Going great, he says. In spite of a $4,000,000 loss...
...Culligan's appointment was greeted with general good will. The New York Herald Tribune wished him luck in an editorial, and the Associated Press called him "dynamic and picturesque." Said his predecessor, ex-President Robert E. MacNeal: "Don't worry about me, worry about my company." But Culligan was not about to worry. His long-term $120,000-a- year contract is rich with fringe benefits and he pronounces himself ready to work for every penny. "One of the legendary things they say about me is this capacity for work I have," he said. "If I work...