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Dear Time-Reader AE key figure in every TIME news bureau is that highly efficient and knowledgeable girl who works under the unassuming title of secretary to the bureau chief. She is an expert in many things, from taking shorthand to running an Teletype machine. She is office manager, file clerk and general errand girl with wide contacts in the city and intimate knowledge of the files full of research. One of these indispensable staff members is Ann Stephanie Squires, secretary to TIME'S Boston Bureau Chief Jeff Wylie. Ann came to TIME in 1945 with wide political...
...later discovered that Schine used his secretary for academic purposes too. She attended his classes for him and took notes in shorthand which she later typed out. He also had a neat system for taking reading notes, reading important passages into his dictaphone for typing by the secretary later...
...From bev, scientists' shorthand for billion electron-volts. * By the Einstein principle that mass increases with speed...
...business trainees, recruited from colleges, must be able to type, take shorthand, or should have a background in mathematics or statistical work. They train for approximately six months. During this time they have temporary assignments (in such departments as circulation, promotion, advertising sales, production, accounting or office management) before getting a specific...
...First," she began, "aim high in your appeal . . . Get in touch directly . . . with the top industrial giants. You know . . . someone who can take three hours for lunch . . . Now what is that type of employer looking for in a secretary? Shorthand speed? Dependability? Industry? Don't be silly! First and foremost, he's looking for a LOOKER ... Of course, this preoccupation with pulchritude on the part of the employer may not be noble and high-minded . . . But there it is . . . It's sex. You can't fight...