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...position, the longer the delay: three months for low-level managers, six months for intermediate, almost a year at the top level. By the time an administrator has his own team in place, he may be on the way out himself. Seasoned bureaucrats know how to outwait and outfox a politically appointed boss, no matter how zealous or resolute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Battle over Bureaucracy | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...Cooper attributed the victory to intelligent fencing. By figuring out early what MIT expected them to do, the Crimson were able to fence unpredictably and outfox their foes...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Women Slash Past MIT | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...good buddies" are sure learnin' fast how to outfox Smokey the Bear. The sophisticated way to beat speeding tickets is to use a miniaturized radar-emission detector. Mounted on a dashboard, it flashes a light and then sounds a high-pitched beep when the vehicle approaches a radar trap. "This is the fastest-growing area of consumer electronics," says Cy Robinson of a Richardson, Texas, firm called Autotronics that sells "Snoopers" ($89.95) and "Super Snoopers" ($149.95). Super Snooper claims to be able to sniff out "over-the-hill and around-the-corner detection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Foiling the Fuzz | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...comfort in his declining years. The movie concludes on the same image with which it opened, and with an especially crafty little twist. It should not diminish the viewer's surprise too much to say that Siegel takes a tangible joy in watching the last of the independents outfox the various organizations that have been causing him grief. Charley Varrick is a sort of backhanded testament to the wisdom that comes with experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shaggy Crook Story | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

...dealing privately with other nations. Actually, the opposite conclusion could be drawn from the fact that the report-the work of more than 30 people-did not come to even semipublic attention for years. At any rate, the mission to Peking proved that the U.S. Government can almost always outfox the world, and especially the press, when it so chooses. Clearly, secrecy is still eminently possible, and so, it would appear, is the skillful practice of U.S. diplomacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: Keeping Secrets | 7/26/1971 | See Source »

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