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...Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, whose report was followed by President Eisenhower's decision to make available 20,000 kilograms of fissionable material to overseas nations. This week McKinney came back to Washington, reported that Ike's initial step was dying from red tape and lack of know-how, and urged an equally bold followup. Said McKinney...
...settle his tax bill-first for $500,000 and later for $1,600,000-makes no apology for allowing Wheeling Downs to operate with Big Bill at its helm. "We're a collection agency," said an IRS man last week. "If he's got the connections and know-how to make [it] pay, swell...
...return it would agree to ship the Russians some of its own rotary rock drill bits, instruct them in their use. But Commerce, State and Defense Department experts decided that Dresser would get nothing but an unproved tool while giving away the U.S. oil industry's latest technical know...
...sense of humor, and his eyes still light up at the sight of a pretty woman. His brain works as well as ever. Summing up his long experience, he contrasts the habits of U.S. and European science. "In the U.S.," he says, "we concentrate on 'know-how.' In Europe they work on 'think-how.' Each needs a little of the other's approach...
...they bring in a completely fresh viewpoint. They may not be smarter than the men they advise, but they offer a corporation the analytical eye of a competent outsider who is not entangled in the company's day-to-day operations and politics. Sometimes the consultant can apply know-how gained in a similar situation with another client. Most often, says Robert Heller & Associates, they find that the solution is right within the company: underlings know what should be done, but could not sell their ideas to the top brass...