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...Pendleton Act of 1883 never did away with spoils practices in the Federal Service; it merely encouraged more discreet abuses. Connections remain highly useful for getting jobs in the government. Although most hired employees must pass Civil Service qualifying tests, good rating alone seldom earn people appointments. This is true of close to 10,000 summer positions available in Washington each year as well as of permanent jobs. Few students who receive appointments as summer interns, clerks, and typists get them solely on the strength of their qualifications...
...victory belonged in large part to the man who relayed the U.S. pressure, short, wiry, U.S. Ambassador Samuel D. Berger. Called "Silent Sam" by the Korean press for his reluctance to make public pronouncements, Careerist Berger, 51, is a discreet, effective, behind-the-scenes diplomat. When General Park last month imposed a new ban on civilian political activities and announced a referendum designed to keep his military junta in power for another four years, Berger set about the task of convincing the general that he must abide by his pledge to President Kennedy 17 months ago to restore civilian rule...
...atmosphere of the world's diamond headquarters, where aged Havana leaf burns like incense and merchants converse in hushed tones, a change is slowly taking place. The De Beers diamond cartel, which has its Central Selling Organization in London and its production fields in Africa, has opened a discreet but energetic campaign to promote the glitter of diamonds to new markets. In the U.S., which traditionally buys one-half of the world's gem diamonds, jewelry has lost some of its shine-people who can afford diamonds often prefer other luxuries, such as trips abroad. De Beers...
...REFERENCE to the expenses thus incurred in looking over those $90-a-day Caribbean resorts might be one way to lead up to discussing the cover story on Tax Collector Mortimer Caplin. A more discreet way is to tell of another TIME correspondent at work, this one in Charlottesville, Va. A dean was telling him that Professor Caplin's taxation course was popular but hard, and that no one-including Bobby Kennedy-had taken the course just to get an easy grade. Well, then, what grade did Caplin give Bobby? "Fine, I'll get that for you," said...
...Washington, White House guests who maintain discreet silence afterward are dubbed "housebroken," and being housebroken rates way up on the list of virtues required of those who want a return invitation. Last week, however, a group of guests not only told, but told Richard Coe, drama critic on the Washington Post...