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DIED. BERNARD SCHRIEVER, 94, German-born retired general who led the development of the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which could deliver a nuclear bomb from thousands of miles away; in Washington. Schriever, who also helped develop the Air Force's space program, streamlined its high-tech weaponry operations and oversaw the development of the Atlas, Titan, Thor and Minuteman missiles at the height of the cold war in the 1950s and '60s, when building the ICBM was the military's highest priority...
...fall '03 show and Christian Dior's fall '04 show. Fashionistas aren't the only ones slipping them on; they have also won fans among teens and hipsters in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York City and Dallas. "You see dozens of pairs of them at rockabilly shows," says Kathy Schriever, owner of Dallas' Planet Sole, one of a handful of stores in the city that carry creepers. The shoes are being snapped up by both men and women. Celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch sees the return of the clunky shoes as "the beginning of a move toward androgyny." Says Bloch...
Different Approaches. The ICBM was only one of his accomplishments. Schriever thought out and proposed the creation of the Systems Command itself-with "authority to plan, budget, program and control the research and development effort of the Air Force"-ten years before becoming its first chief in 1961. Under him, the command managed a wide assortment of complex programs and projects that ranged from aerospace medical research to combat and transport aircraft, from an automated ground guidance system for interceptor operations to military communications satellites. The Systems Command also worked out administrative techniques, now being widely copied by other Government...
Nonetheless, Schriever had his frustrations. Although he was a young bomber-flying colonel in World War II, subsequent noncombat assignments took him out of the running to be Air Force Chief of Staff. And like many other senior officers, particularly in the Air Force, Schriever had his differences with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Schriever believes that if the U.S. is to maintain its military superiority, it must sometimes gamble large sums on chancy projects. McNamara's philosophy is that the need for expensive new weapons and other equipment must first be objectively proved to his satisfaction. "I have tried...
Discreet Complaints. Schriever's difficulties with McNamara were hardly unique and will likely be experienced by his successor, General James Ferguson, 53, whose last job was deputy chief of staff for research and development. While many other prominent service leaders clashed loudly with their civilian superiors in the Defense Department, Schriever was discreet about his complaints. Apparently he intends to continue being that way as he begins a new career as a Washington-based industrial consultant. Unlike the bevy of generals who got the last word in their arguments with civilian superiors by writing mem oirs, Technocrat Schriever plans...