Word: haphazard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Change-minded from the beginning, he made the Press a less hectic, haphazard operation. He halved the number of editions from 16 to eight, taught reporters how to compress their coverage. He cut down on violence and crime stories, hired specialists so that a "reporter would not have to be a doctor one hour, a lawyer the next, and an engineer the following." And he never stopped making changes. Only three months ago he cut the front page from eight to five columns and put in more white space for easier reading. "This newspaper does not stand still," he said...
...tame products of chambers of commerce, and dedicated to singing the praises of their cities, they are now breaking loose on their own. Magazines like Seattle, Greater Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix are privately published and proudly argumentative. They tackle the kind of controversial issues-haphazard zoning, air pollution, lethargic politics, shoddy construction-that would have frightened off their predecessors. "We were a booster before," says Alan Halpern, 39, editor of Greater Philadelphia. "Now we're a dagger magazine...
Whatever their water problems, whatever sends them out to squabble with their neighbors, more often than not cities and nations have only themselves to blame. They squander their supplies in haphazard irrigation, pollute their readiest sources, and are casual about preparing for dry years. In 1950 a research team warned New York City that it would need additional water by 1970, recommended the installation of meters* and stringent measures to stop leakage in the aqueducts and water mains. A pumping station was built upriver on the Hudson, then dismantled as soon as the 1950-51 emergency was over. Nothing...
...articulate advocate of tax reform and such an implacable foe of tax loopholes that oil, mining and banking interests tried to block his nomination. He helped shape the $1.5 billion depreciation reform of 1962 and the $11.5 billion income tax cut of 1964, regards excise taxes as "a haphazard and discriminatory jumble which was the next logical step in reforming the tax system...
...plan to operate successfully, however, the department will have to effect other--and more fundamental--changes. Students currently in the field are simply not ready to take a comprehensive exam by the end of junior year, partly because of haphazard distribution requirements within the field, but primarily because the sophomore tutorial program lacks direction...