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PRICES of oil and gas must be set free to find their own levels in the market. Liberals on the board would phase out controls over three or four years to cushion the blow to consumers; conservatives favor more rapid decontrol. But all agree that the Federal Government must eventually remove itself from energy pricing altogether, eliminating the red tape that has engulfed the system...
...Rapid Rise. In 1971 Blumenthal of Bendix decided to set up an "office of the chief executive," consisting of himself and three executive vice presidents. Early the next year, a head-hunter was dispatched to offer Agee one of the second-rank spots. Agee, impressed by Blumenthal's intellect and rapid rise from refugee to corporate leader, accepted. "I brought more business experience to the table than Blumenthal had," Agee says unblinkingly. At Bendix, Agee helped to install what he calls "early-warning systems" in budgetary planning to forestall "unpleasant surprises." He joined Blumenthal in leaning hard on lower...
Most Secretaries of Transportation hail from states with urban rapid transit systems. Not Brock Adams, whose state of Washington has no doubt seen more people rolling logs down the Spokane River than cramming into a rush-hour subway. Nevertheless, Adams is reputed to know his stuff when it comes to transportation. Maybe that's why Carter chose...
...Press International, he said: "I would like to proceed quickly and aggressively with a comprehensive [nuclear] test ban treaty. I am in favor of eliminating the testing of all nuclear devices, instantly and completely." As for the stalled Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, he declared that he expected "a fairly rapid ratification of the SALT II agreement. [And] I would like to move very quickly toward a much more substantive reduction in atomic weapons as the first step to complete elimination in the future...
...releasing little butterflies. A somewhat rarer treat: the "hair tangle," which requires a tall, long-haired woman and a shorter man; woman inclines head to offer cheek, man goes to peck cheek, woman's hair falls in way, man ends with lips and glasses entangled in hair. Rapid disengagement follows...