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Thornton Bradshaw, president of Atlantic Richfield, directed his barbed wit against the Executive Branch's energy efforts. So far, he said, that branch has accomplished little other than creating needless jobs and promulgating senseless regulations. Said Bradshaw: "There is a basic rule: any regulation must be followed by another regulation that tries to overcome the problems raised by the first...
...suggests that he might be playing his game any way but straight. Even his affection for his sloppy $5-a-week room rings a bell; "it may not seem like much to you," he tells visitors in a defensive apology, "But it suits me fine." He's seen enough needless and sick crime in his 39 years in the business to become good and jaded. Yet like Marlowe, you never know when he's going to get his morality...
...laughs when reminded of the 1951 Rennsaeler Polytechnic Institute Tournament, in which the Williams College goaltender was snowbound prior to the Ephmen's contest with Brown. The desperate Williams coach received permission to ask Richardson to play for his squad. Needless to say, Richardson calmly put on the purple colors and made a mere 56 saves against the Bruins...
...There are skills in coping with conflict so that one does not produce needless effort or bloodshed," he said...
...business. Finally, he drove his own car and arrived half an hour late because he had trouble finding a parking place. Carter's limousine policy will save the Government only $12,000 a year in car-rental fees, but was a potent token of his determination to trim needless expenses and run a down-to-earth Administration. In a similar vein, the President is considering getting rid of some of the 29 presidential planes and mothballing the presidential yacht Sequoia...