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Burns' own home is in Walpole, N.H., where he lives with his wife Amy (a sometime collaborator) and two daughters. He is a hands-on producer, sifting through libraries and archives himself in search of material (joined by one or two co-producers on each film) and participating in every interview. The crafting of a Burns film proceeds on two parallel tracks. On the one hand, film is shot and archival material collected without regard for what they might illustrate. At the same time, a script is prepared without regard for whether there are pictures to illustrate it. The editing...
...down the location of a gene requires tedious analysis. But it is sheer adventure when compared with the task of determining the sequence of base pairs in a DNA chain. Small groups of scientists, working literally by hand, have spent years simply trying to sequence a single gene. This hands-on method of sequencing costs as much as a dollar per base pair, and deciphering the entire genome by this method might take centuries...
...Over the years, the two men have adopted different styles of management. Subordinates describe Brown as a reserved and somewhat austere boss who tends to delegate authority. Olson, on the other hand, is said to be more direct and personable. He describes himself as "by nature, a hands-on manager...
Cuomo, the paterfamilias, gives new meaning to the term hands-on management. Consider this for supervision: his longtime aide Tonio Burgos walks into the Governor's Manhattan office with a memorandum. "What's wrong with your collar?" asks the Governor. The tips of Burgos' collar are pointed up like butterfly wings. "Come here," orders Cuomo. The Governor reaches into his desk, takes out a paper clip and twists it. He then puts a hand on Burgos' shoulder, lifts up his collar and inserts the paper clip so that it acts as a collar stay. Same thing on the other side...
...problems is that first-year students learn only-doctrine, without theory on the one hand and clinical hands-on training on the other. The experiment is thus moving in both directions, injecting theory of the law into classes and adding clinical training to the agenda...