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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ed & Mr. Mansure | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: --HOW EXECUTIVES RELAX--: HOW EXECUTIVES RELAX | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Teachers' Active Duty Reduced to Six Months | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Is It Dangerously High? | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean Sert Reports Design School Stress on Visual Arts, Aesthetics | 3/17/1955 | See Source »

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