Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With an encyclopedic mastery of budget detail, Schultze had the difficult task of analyzing federal spending programs before an economy-minded Congress. Although the sharp rise in war spending dominated his attention, Schultze was still able to undertake a major streamlining of the Budget Bureau and to promote the cost-effectiveness techniques that McNamara introduced at the Pentagon. Though he could have commanded $100,000 a year, Schultze accepted modestly salaried posts as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor at the University of Maryland...
...first half of the 1967-68 TV season has been seismographic. In one recent six-week period, the Beverly Hillbillies jounced from the No. 1 position to 27th, Ed Sullivan from 19th to third, Dean Martin from 20th to seventh. Significance-wise, say the programming vice presidents, these sharp fluctuations signal the era of the "selective viewer...
...hoped to fashion the two firms into a $2.5 billion telecommunications colossus, the decision was largely a matter of money. Announced in December 1965, the merger has been held up by Justice Department antitrust litigation after being twice approved by the Federal Communications Commission. During the delay, a sharp increase in ITT's stock sent its purchase price for ABC soaring...
Last Saturday, the Quakers and the Tigers struggled before a regional television audience in the League opener. Operating at a tremendous height disadvantage, Penn held down the score for a while with a slowdown weave, but eventually Princeton's sharp shooting...
Called "Chico," he will shoot two shows--straight pool at 7:30 and nine ball at 8:30. Sharp, a fast talker, and fancy shooter, he will display the talents that made losers out of Weenie Beanie, Strawberry, and Squirrel. "Chico" gives Harvard and Radcliffe students an opportunity to learn what "The Hustler" was all about...