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...being Vice President: I have not been given any specific functions. I have talked to Reagan about my responsibilities. But I think the Mondale formula is a good one. The way in which he was a generalist was good. That is what I would like to be. What I want is for people to wake up in two years and say, "You know, this guy really did something." But I will keep a low profile, and I will not have hurt feelings when people ask, "What happened to George Bush?" How much I do depends on how little I have...
...historians positions in April, it is very strange that the committee now does not want a second one. Nathan I. Huggins, the only one who accepted the offer and the newly appointed chairman of Afro-Am, says two historians in the department would be "redundant." Huggins, however, is a generalist. Afro-Am needs specialists in various periods--one of them being slavery. This was one of the committee's original aims. We see no need for a change...
...department needs two historians," Patterson said, adding Huggins is an "excellent" start, but he is a "generalist." Genovese, a specialist in slave history and knowledgeable in the Black experience in Latin America, would add "needed depth," he said...
...many others. Today there are 54,000 family physicians in the U.S. (as compared with 21,000 in 1969). "The problem in medicine used to be the discovery of causes and cures of diseases," Rose explains. "Now it is the distribution and application of that knowledge. For that, the generalist is what's needed." Getting the information across can be a slow process. Rose is deep into organizing Grange dances and fishing trips. He plays on the local basketball team (9 won, 5 lost so far), and has led lobbying to keep Yuba County from paving the rutted country...
More than anything else, Frank's career suggests the possibilities of getting along in state politics without compromising. A generalist, he maximizes his effectiveness over a wide range of issues by taking the most pragmatic line. Frank explains himself best: he will take "anything better that doesn't make things worse." This strategy may lack the glamor of idealism, but its effectiveness is proven...