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Reagan would try harder???a good deal harder. He sincerely believes that "the permanent structure" of Washington bureaucracy stifles free enterprise and individual initiative. He is deeply?and instinctively?committed to "getting the Government off the backs of the people." When Reagan vows to reduce the regulatory role of Government, eliminate such recent bureaucratic creations as the departments of Education and Energy, and wipe out countless petty federal forms that businessmen must fill out, he can be counted on to fight hard to do just that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Future Begins on Nov. 4 | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...could surely re-examine some time-hallowed rules, with a view to eliminating make-work and Parkinson's first law ("Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion"). Though the work week has been growing shorter on the production line, today's managers are working harder???or at least longer ?than those of any previous generation. Part of the problem is simply inept planning of time and operations (see box, page 78). Most executives should be allowed to set their own working hours instead of meeting fixed schedules, which often make for an inefficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: America the Inefficient | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

...third. From time to time ring dances, bergamasks or reels, could be introduced permitting the aroused contestants to approach each other closely and making for further excitement. Additional arbitrary rules should be introduced to make it harder???perhaps every male dancer should carry a carnation in his buttonhole, absence of which would cause instant disqualification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

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