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...homework is a token of Rockefeller's approach to his new job. He had hardly settled in his office in the Old Executive Office Building before he was characteristically charging ahead. Among other things, he has assembled a staff of about 30, most of them old associates who took salary cuts to follow him on to the federal payroll in Washington. He has held individual get-acquainted meetings with Cabinet members and other key Administration officials. He has launched the Administration's investigation of the Central Intelligence Agency (see story page...
Understanding the changes that have taken place inside the sleek temples of modern finance would require a cram course in the complex ways of banking. Fortunately Martin Mayer has done the necessary homework for interested laymen: he offers a clear, detailed and well-paced book about one of the nation's least understood institutions...
Seasoned Athlete. But when his homework was done, Ford made no secret of his delight in once more escaping to the slopes. At 61, the most celebrated former college football center in the history of the sport is still a man who craves exercise, and he had trained for his annual assault on Vail like the seasoned athlete he is. For two months he patiently followed a diet-and-exercise program prescribed by Dr. William Lukash, the White House physician. He got his weight down from 206 Ibs. to 195 Ibs., and he worked hard to correct his special weakness...
Beyond this general approach, I think it would be useful for you and me and anyone else you think would be helpful to talk about some more specific actions, particularly with regard to Derek. Could we, for instance, set up a little homework system for Liz [Keul, President Bok's personal secretary] where he would routinely send a short note to faculty members when they do something of note or distinction? Could we take empty lunch hours and get him at the long table at the Faculty Club, perhaps with one of the v.p.s? are there special faculty occasions where...
Brett Donham, chairman of CCA's housing and land use committee, said last week, "Harvard hasn't done its homework. It hasn't shown a real need to redraw the boundaries, a need to purchase new land or whether it really has the means to build new dormitories...