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...veteran of Government hotspots, including a stint as acting director of the FBI in 1973. Easygoing and open, he consults widely within the agency before making decisions, walking through the departments and sharing brown-bag lunches with lower-level employees. Says one: "He can be a Boy Scout but also one of the boys...
Catliff will not know immediately the results of the Olympic scout's report. However, he said, "I feel sure that I can play on the Olympic team. The caliber isn't that high to exclude...
...computer market to a new class of consumer. "It's both educational and entertaining," says Michele Preston, an analyst at L.E Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin in New York City. In fact, the program seems to be as versatile and competent as its creator. Harvey, a blond-haired Eagle Scout, not only tinkers with computers but holds down a 4.0 average at Uplands High School, played halfback on city football teams, twice took first-place honors in physics at the San Francisco Science Fair, and was elected president of the Uplands student body. He is thinking of becoming a lawyer. Says...
...British, 100 members of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, joined the MNF in February, five months after the other forces. They move about very visibly in their little Ferret armored scout cars, stopping frequently to chat with residents. The British missions have become known as "the ice cream patrols" for the cones that friendly inhabitants often offer...
Every so often you hear about a child tycoon--the Girl Scout who sells tens of thousands of dollars of cookies, the bookworm who organizes and finances a lending library. All across the county, parents point out to children the moral of the tale...