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...Kennedy Administration is really attempting to revamp the governmental bureaucracy by putting the right professional in the right position, last week's confirmation of John A. McCone as head of the C.I.A. simply indicates failure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Central Intelligence Absurdity | 2/5/1962 | See Source »

...Hamlin has proposed a plan to effectively revamp the present, confused situation. The first step would be the formation of a national committee of voluntary health agencies to establish a code of accounting procedures for all the various agencies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Give or Take | 1/10/1962 | See Source »

...joint intelligence board, which will include U.S. advisers, to revamp South Viet Nam's intelligence system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Face of the Enemy | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

...earnest effort to revamp the Trib has also included a refurbishing of the Sunday edition. Comics have been switched from four-color to black and white, and tucked deep inside; Peanuts now runs second to front-page news. The short-lived tabloid "Lively Arts" section has been returned to full size; book reviews are once more printed as a separate section. Lively makeup and lavish use of pictures lighten the "Forum" section, which reviews the week's news. All this has yet to boost Sunday circulation, but the Trib's television ads make a virtue of leanness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Place of Its Own | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

Make It Exciting. Principal Brown, 43, went on to revamp everything else at Melbourne. Most notably, he did away with ranking students from freshman to senior. Whatever their ages, youngsters pursue any course they can handle. Scores on aptitude and IQ tests are largely ignored. "Achievement alone is the criterion for placement," says Brown. "A student can conceivably pursue college calculus while taking a remedial English course at the fourth-grade level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lively High | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

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