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...appointments was divided into ten-minute segments; only rarely was there any open time. To prepare for meetings, he demanded "mini-memos" that compressed complex problems into four paragraphs. Critics charged that the system was designed for Reagan's brief attention span and gave him a quick but shallow understanding of California's problems. Yet the brief memos were an effective way to sort out and organize the avalanche of information that required his attention. As a rule, Reagan made no important decision without first discussing it at his almost daily cabinet meetings or probing for more facts...
Some Pentagon officials who have worked with Rumsfeld admire his quick mind; others find him shallow. Said a retired general who knew Rumsfeld at NATO: "You had the feeling that he was propped up reading someone else's position paper." Other generals and admirals worried that he would be running for the vice-presidential nomination from the Pentagon's E-Ring. On the other hand, many hoped that Rumsfeld's political savvy would make him more successful than Schlesinger in pressing Pentagon programs on Congress...
David Moore is outstanding as Bob, the only fully developed character in the play. Moore's sensitivity to the interaction of his seven apartment-mates ties the production together, saving it from the shallow script. His fond acceptance of their emotional flaws become our own, and we begin to tolerate their dramatic flaws as well...
...American" way. Pay your money as well as a minimal amount of time and thinking and-presto! Relaxation and maybe even a little semi-enlightenment. This McDonald's of spirituality only seems to contribute more to the general plastic atmosphere around us. Must our inner experiences be as shallow as our outer ones...
...joust of great elks. They come together with a thundering of a team, but there is no sound. Layered in bandages, packed in ice, paralyzed, you thrash to hear the sound and there is none. Johnny Bench is in Pete Rose's arms, and the ball is high above shallow center. Everyone knows this now. No one is covering third base, but Yasztremski is invisibly flying to the dugout and the dark tunnel behind it to the locker room. The ball descends. Cesar Geronimo extends his arm and it is swallowed up. The gigantic humming cluster of Reds is swarming...