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...school bell rings, and the entire faculty enters: Dr. Gummidge, professor of sociology; the Rev. Mr. Logos, head of the theological seminary; Dr. Beazle, head of the medical school; Mr. Flap, instructor in government; and finally, General Redstone, chief of the ROTC. Dr. Gummidge steps forward, conducts the student to an uncomfortable chair, mills about him like a lonely crowd, and begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU SAY YOU ARE - OBSCURELY | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

...exits, to invent a cure for clarity and lucidity which he will sell to nine leading pharmaceutical firms. Mr. Flap and General Redstone come forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU SAY YOU ARE - OBSCURELY | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

...FLAP: Order of magnitude, expedite, implement, reorient, interoccupational mobility, mission oriented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU SAY YOU ARE - OBSCURELY | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

...FLAP: Expedite, channels, maximize, bureau potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU SAY YOU ARE - OBSCURELY | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

...avoid hitting civilians and residential areas. Nowhere is the effort greater than around Hanoi, the Red capital, currently home to some 300,000 people. It was precisely because U.S. accuracy had been flawless in the past that Hanoi was able to blow an apparent mistake into the great bomb flap last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Great Bomb Flap | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

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