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...thus--first working with atomic energy, then space missions; now testifying before the Supreme Court, now tutoring the Princeton prodigy who independently discovered the atomic bomb? Because, it seems, he gave up on himself as a pure theoretical physicist. "I was," writes Dyson, "and always have remained, a problem solver rather than a creator of ideas. I can not, as Bohr and Feynmann did, sit for years with my mind concentrated on one deep question...
Lately the word liberal has become something of a political epithet, meaning that the target is an impractical spendthrift. Kennedy's staff has taken to calling him a "pragmatist," which is supposed to convey the impression that he is a hard-headed problem solver not bound by any ideology. That definition, too, can be read in more than one way. Says an old Kennedy friend, conservative Republican Congressman Barber Conable of New York: "Ted is the son of Joe Kennedy and the brother of Jack and Bobby. Like them, he accommodates himself to the prevailing views...
...Athlete As Problem Solver...
People who know Rifkin are shocked by the accusations against him. Says Gerald Smith, a professor of management science at California State University Northridge: "The guy is not a bank robber, he's a problem solver. I have a feeling Stan viewed the thing as an incredible problem. He's always five years ahead of anything else going on." Rifkin has been charged with transporting stolen property over state lines. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a $10,000 fine and ten years in jail. Wolfson was charged with harboring a criminal...
...Philip Caldwell, 58, a decisive but low-keyed executive, who has won Ford's attention as problem solver in a succession of jobs: chief of the company's truck operations, president of Philco-Ford, and head of automaking operations outside North America. Last year he was elevated to the title of vice chairman and membership in the newly formed office of the chief executive (along with Iacocca and Ford...