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...long way toward solving the puzzle of the Pentagon. Most notable were his application of sophisticated managerial techniques to the department's often chaotic budgetary and systems analysis practices, his firm assertion of civilian control, and his emphasis on conventional as well as nuclear forces. On the debit side were his reluctance to concede error and his inability to get along with Congress. "There is a way for a man to say no without offending, and there is a way for a man to say yes without offending," said one of the key men on Capitol Hill. "McNamara could...
...organizer for the benefit observed philosophically: "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away." On the debit side were Lynda Bird Johnson and Actor George Hamilton, who couldn't make it to Manhattan for the U.S. premiere of the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton version of The Taming of the Shrew. Among the credits were Bobby Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford, joining a glittering list of 500 who paid $100 each to help the Society for the Rehabilitation of the Facially Disfigured. But it was the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who drew shrieks from the people watchers outside...
Diercks recorded 34 saves, to Dryden's 31. Fifteen penalties were called, and the eight on Cornell included two majors. A free-for-all almost erupted with five minutes left in the game when Doug Ferguson, with two infractions already to his debit, went after Garrity's head with his stick. Two more penalties in the next minute left each team with three skaters...
When businessmen talk about examining their books these days, they may not be referring to debit and credit ledgers. Among U.S. companies, books have become so popular as sales tools that last year this category outstripped all other come-on devices except toys. More than 150 U.S. corporations-including Chrysler, Black & Decker, Weyerhaeuser, Phillips Petroleum, Carnation and G.E.'s Hotpoint Division-use books in sales campaigns. Last week the Aluminum Co. of America launched one of the biggest book campaigns yet. For 500 and an Alcoa coupon, it will send out a 310-page paperback called Mealtime Magic Cookbook...
...hospital's daily charge is not a good index to what a hospital stay actually costs the patient. On the debit side are many additional services for which the patient is billed separately -some hospitals are running six times as many lab tests on patients as they did in 1950. On the credit side is the fact that the average stay in a hospital has been cut from 15 days to ten. This is partly because improved surgery and medical care are sending patients home sooner, even after serious illnesses, and partly because patients now go into a hospital...