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...then one of the talkers appealed to the moderator who sat at the end of the table. He would give factual information, or suggest a line for the discussion to follow; never did he dominate it. If the talk seemed haphazard, it was planned that way. The conferees were the husbands of women who had been clinic patients because of severe mental illnesses (usually schizophrenia); the moderator was able young (30) Psychiatrist Gene Gordon, who wanted the men to talk out their problems for their own good as well as their wives...
...Last year, when oil was struck in Williston Basin, Simon took a direct hand in the railroad. He used Ohio Match's voting power to elect himself to Northern Pacific's board of directors, and began making his presence felt. Simon insisted that Northern Pacific's haphazard way of handling its oil leases be improved, got the board to hire Dallas' famed geologist E. De Golyer (TIME, March 24) to survey the railroad's oil lands, and brought in Standard Oil Co. of California's former assistant vice president LeRoy Hines...
...Most scientists think that only haphazard studies can be made of physiological functions," said Vallee. This is not true. There are precise equilibria in the system, and only profound changes, such as those made by disease affect them...
Aims of the conference are to provide travelers with detailed data to enrich their experience and prevent errors caused by haphazard planning. Topics such as low cost transportation, student tours, and work camps will be elaborated. Also the practical points on currency exchange, pasport and visa requirements, language, clothing, and bicycling, will be considered...
Before his day in office the racket had been haphazard in the extreme-non-uniformed fire department inspectors had simply demanded whatever they thought a contractor would pay. But Moran put things on a business basis. He put fire inspectors in uniform, doubled their take-home pay by matching their salaries with graft money...