Word: personal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Interestingly enough, the words I would choose to describe Meyers are similar to those he uses to describe the TIME reader he will begin addressing in this column next week. Says Meyers: "He's what you'd call a person of action, looking for new horizons, never complacent. He's someone you'd like to know...
...always moving: if not his mind, then his feet or his fingers. He is used to taking command, to shoving decisions through, to getting things done. He has a habit of scrambling the chain of command?and confounding and angering the bureaucrats?by pumping information out of the person most directly involved in a program, whatever his rank...
...their injuries. There is no income limit on who can be paid. The rich can collect along with the poor?and do. In such cases, the have-nots are being taxed to support the haves. Even though spending on rehabilitation services has doubled in seven years, from $575 per person to $1,125, the number of disabled people returning to work has continued to decline. A decade ago, 3% of recipients found jobs; today's job re?covery rate is 1.5%. Says Califano: "Our society's attitude toward work appears to be changing. Accepting public benefits no longer bears...
General David Martin, commander of the U.S. Army base near Mainz, had come with his civilian interpreter to join in the jolly burghers' celebration. But, to his dismay, he thought he detected a lack of strategic support on Miss Nelson's person. Though there is no written rule on the matter, the Army sent her a flat letter of reprimand...
...surprise and questioning. Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy comments, "I remember reading something about it in the newspaper. But tell me, what are they trying to do? Why can't they accomplish the same thing within a department?" Danehy adds that he is probably not the best person to discuss Harvard's landlord practices in Cambridge, because he just doesn't know what's been going on. Cambridge City Councilor David C. Wylie, however, offers both optimistic and pessimistic speculations on what Harvard's new system could mean for the city. "Maybe it will be a good thing to have...