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SINCE TIME'S Feb. 6 cover story on NATO's General Alfred M. Gruenther appeared, "Gruenthergram" has become for many TIME-readers a synonym for a crisply written note of command or commendation. Last week, flying from Paris to Washington, General Gruenther dashed off two unusually long Gruenthergrams for Senior Editor Thomas Griffith, who edited the cover story, and Associate Editor A. T. Baker, who wrote...
Ranging Demands. Soon a steady stream of Gruenthergrams-paper slips bearing orders, queries or demands-is rocketing from his desk. In the office outside few staffers bother to sit down, on the theory that nobody can get off fast enough from a sitting start when a Gruenthergram comes sizzling out of the commanding general's office. The Gruenthergrams range as far and wide as the general's far-ranging mind. Samples: "Please investigate the scratching and meows on the roof." "It seems to me that about a year ago I sent to G-2 a study dealing with...
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