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...One-Man Lab. On the top floor, six separate labs are insulated by aluminum-painted cork and cooled by chemical refrigerants that circulate from great tanks on the roof. The "Wet Snow" lab, warmest of the six, stays at one degree above freezing, while one man at a time works with snow shipped down by refrigerated trucks from Michigan and northern Wisconsin. The added body heat of a second scientist might melt away an expensive experiment...
Government, as Rhee practices it, is almost a one-man job. He has a few trusted cabinet ministers, such as Acting Premier Paik To Chin and Information Minister Clarence Ryee. Below them are a number of lesser ministers and government officials who cautiously conform to Rhee's wishes. Government favors can be obtained only through Rhee and this circle of his intimates. All foreign exchange allocations for more than $500, for example, must be personally approved by Rhee. Imposed to ensure the strictest honesty in government operations, this control has its drawbacks: important decisions inevitably await the President...
...miles north of the front line. Two of the rescue group's chopper pilots grabbed Pop and flew off. They found Cleeland surrounded by Reds who were pouring fire at a dummy which the major had made of his rolled-up parachute and helmet. One mounted Chinese made a one-man cavalry charge at Cleeland, was dropped by a Corsair that swooped...
Neuweld said this difficulty along with the fact that there are a number of men with claims to power and effective support make a transition period under a small group almost sure. He emphasized, however, that one man should eventually emerge since the Soviet system is based on the one-man principle...
...one-man tradition in Russia was also emphasized by Harold J. Berman, professor of Law and specialist in the Russian legal system. In the light of this, Berman said, "it is plausible that Stalin during his lifetime attempted to provide for the succession of his power to one man, probably Malenkov, and assuming that there is not complete mistrust of Malenkov among the top leaders such as Molotov and Beria, I see no reason why a peaceful and orderly succession is not possible...