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G.P.s as Clerks. The major complaint of doctors comes from G.P.s. They say they are overworked and underpaid. Their average of $6,800 a year is close to par for all British professional men (generally underpaid by U.S. standards), but is only about half what the specialists make. Worst of all, for general practitioners, is their feeling that they are being reduced to the status of medical clerks. Says a Yorkshireman: "The G.P.'s job is to be a sorter and referrer...
...Tufts cage, rarely the scene of exceptional performances, Harvard's three first place efforts were par for the course. Ted Bailey took the 35 lb. weight throw with a 57' 3" heave. Marty Beckwith won the broad jump at 22' 8", and Rick Delone beat teammate Sarge Nichols by 2 inches, putting the shot...
This is not to say Harvard should or should not recruit. Rather, it is to suggest that honesty be adopted as a policy for running an athletic program. It is to request that Harvard stop excusing below-par performances by its teams by saying it can't recruit. Of course, admission to Harvard requires intelligence; but there is no immediately evident proof that smart athletes are worse than dumb ones...
...taxpayers will not have to dig down for extra cash: the law merely unfreezes money that was originally set aside for new roads, and that became available for shelter use when Congress failed to provide sufficient matching funds. The legislation includes stiff penalties aimed at contractors who sell below-par shelter protection ($5,000 fines for corporations, six-month jail sentences or $500 fines for individuals...
...lure Brooker away from Whirlpool, Barr realigned Ward's pecking order, abolishing the title of chief executive officer, which Barr himself had held, and establishing a new title-chief administrative officer-which went to Brooker. This, said Barr, means that "chairman and president are now on a par." Ward, which still suffers from the aftereffects of longtime (1935-55) Chairman Sewell Avery's ironhanded management, is as yet reaping no profit from Barr's costly drive to open new stores. Last year the company earned only $15 million-a 50% drop from the previous year. Brooker...