Word: planner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...benefit his more peaceful statements might bring. The MX plan, said Reagan, "would require the Soviets to make costly new technical developments if they wish to even contemplate a surprise attack. Most of the Soviet countermeasures proposed are really no more than technical dreams on which no Soviet planner or politician would bet the face of his country...
Worse, at week's end the killer was still at large. He or she might or might not be insane, but either way was a coldly calculating planner. Said one investigator: "He is probably sitting back to admire his awful handiwork, savoring our frustration. The obvious fear is that if we don't catch him quickly, he will do this again, maybe with another product." Maybe some place other than the Chicago area too. In addition, authorities feared there might be "copycat" poisonings by deranged people looking for a perverted sort of glory. Said Arthur Schueneman, senior clinical...
Should the Jubail project fail to live up to its billing, Bechtel's worldwide reputation would suffer a severe blow. As the prime mover behind the project, as well as its master planner, the firm bears a large responsibility for Jubail's eventual success. At this point, however, no one is betting against the California engineers. Muses a U.S. embassy officer from Jidda: "If Saudi Arabia is any indication, Bechtel follows one motto: Think big. You get the feeling that if the U.S. Government had not thought of the moon landing first, Bechtel would have proposed the idea...
...more than 10 blocks away, Russell C. Lindquist, chief economic planner for the city's Community Development Department studies a package of development projects worth over $1.2 billion. Some work, including the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings and warehouses and the construction of new facilities on previously undeveloped property, has already been completed. Most of the 47 projects are in the planning or early development stages...
...produce an improved city economy. Politicians, even those suspicious of unfamiliar investors and unpredictable federal programs say they are optimistic about the future. But the uncertainties remain overwhelming. A great distance still exists between the frustration of the unemployment office and the excitement in Russell Lindquist's headquarters. The planner points out one final concern. If Cambridge goes too far in controlling who works for new city businesses. Cambridge residents may find a cold reception from employers in other towns. "I know we like to think of the city as an economic entity," he says, "but it isn't really...