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...since May 1953. In the process he had built a reputation as a money-saving, detail man. So meticulous that he separates the meat from the potatoes when eating beef hash, he saved paper clips, and put three-minute egg timers on subordinates' desks to shorten telephone calls. But Mansure's fine eye for housekeeping details (which won the praise of the Hoover Commission) was not always matched by a clear view of the bigger picture. He seemed to have one standard for office efficiency and quite another for political shenanigans...
...constantly running into situations that cause dozens of reactions which tend to shorten our lives," said Russell L. Moberly, director of Marquette University's Management Center, at a recent conference on executive health. There is but one remedy: "The art of relaxing...
...School of Arts and Sciences, said that the new law might draw more graduate students because of the draft advantages. "However, I don't think it is a very admirable way to get now teachers," he added. Elder questioned the quality of people who would become teachers merely to shorten their military service...
...loans it will insure, sometimes cutting builders' applications by as much as 90%. Private bankers are also tightening up, pressing for shorter terms on private loans. Last week a group of top insurance executives recommended that VA require a 5% down payment on loans and that it shorten the terms to 25 years; they also wanted FHA, which already requires 5% down on its loans, to boost payments...
...School gives only a graduate program because it desires men with a liberal education, he explained. But it does allow seniors in the College to take a first-year Design program and shorten the period of time required for their architectural degrees...