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...outsider in 1975, he appeared to be the man to shake up the insular A. & P. Chairman Scott, now 47, swung a cruel ax on "Grandma," as employees sometimes call the venerable food chain. He closed 1,700 stores, released 10,000 employees, borrowed heavily to revamp and enlarge the remaining 1,932 supermarkets. He hired 19 new executives, including Grant C. Gentry, who left the flourishing Jewel chain to become A. & P. president. Said Scott: "I have a philosophy that you should surround yourself with people better than yourself...
...diplomatic blitz reflected President Carter's determination to revamp the American posture in a region that has long been a backwater of U.S. foreign policy. The three main target areas...
...noted that some departments--such as History--have such an overweighted tutorial student-to-faculty ratio that the proposal would require them to drastically revamp faculty commitments, while the ratios in others--such as Psychology and Social Relations--are close to the proposed quota right...
Dean Fox's controversial proposal to revamp the housing system moved one step closer to implementation last week as the Faculty Council unanimously approved the plan at its regular meeting last Wednesday...
WELFARE. Both Ford and Carter favor reforming the haphazard, unfair and inefficient welfare system. The President proposes mainly procedural changes to tighten up the rickety structure. Jimmy Carter would revamp the whole system?taking the burden away from the cities (New York City alone last year paid out $700 million) and giving it entirely to the federal and state governments...