Word: dollarses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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An Eye for Fat. It was a mark of his achievements, in the careful handling of no less than $375 billion, that Washington and the Pentagon hated to see him go. Said New Hampshire's Senator Styles Bridges: "Wilfred McNeil literally has saved the taxpayers of America billions of...
In the days when the interservice fighting for dollars got bitter, McNeil, a reserve World War II rear admiral (fiscal affairs), was accused of having a dark influence over his bosses, of unfairly favoring the Navy over the other services. But over the years, Pentagon brass, as well as congressional...
By questioning almost every item that went through his office ("If it's to cost a nickel, then the nickel must go through here"), Iowa-born Wilfred McNeil, who never finished high school, got the services to squeeze out hundreds of millions of dollars a year in savings. Example...
"It was my lot to reach quite young what many people consider the dream life of America: success by my own efforts, a stream of dollars to spend, a penthouse in New York, forays to Hollywood, the companionship of pretty women, all before I was 24 ... There I was in...
Economic slowdowns from one cause or another are inevitable, says Economist Paarlberg. They are the price of economic progress. The economy does not grow in a smooth upward curve, but in a series of jumps. It has become so big and dynamic that when one of its major segments slacks...