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...Attorney General, he started with an abundance of will, energy, style, shrewdness and good intentions. He appointed brilliant, loyal subordinates. He had in reserve a big brother who happened to be President. Applying these strengths in the normally stagnant Justice Department, Robert Kennedy quickly made waves-but then declined to walk on them...
Looking for Leadership. Can collective political power be far behind? At present, the Common Market is politically stagnant, its parliament virtually powerless, its bureaucrats in Brussels more adept at harmonizing the design of milk bottles than at deciding important matters of policy. Ralf Dah-rendorf, one of nine EEC commissioners, accuses the organization of being incapable of recovering the broad political vision of its founders. Guide Carli, head of the Bank of Italy, recently declared that economic development has gone about as far as it can go without further political development. And political development-meaning internal integration and common international...
During the past decade, while some sectors of the GSD have moved forward, the Planning Department has remained stagnant. Between 1955 and 1970, only three men--Reginald R. Isaacs, Norton Professor of City and Regional Planning; William W. Nash, Jr., '50, former professor of City and Regional Planning; and Francois C. Vigier, professor of City Planning and Urban Design--served as chairman of the Planning Department. Isaacs alone held the chairmanship for over ten years...
...looking for a man to replace him in time," recalled Moore, "but this man had to have three things: engineering, law and business training. Well, there I was with all three, yes-sir-ree-bob!" After taking charge of the modest firm in 1935, Moore revamped its stagnant sales and distribution operations, licensed independent bottlers abroad, and went beyond the company's cornerstone product, "The Champagne of Ginger Ales," by increasing the number of soft drinks to more than 20 and expanding Canada Dry's liquor line. By the time he stepped down as honorary chairman...
...that Pakistan is enjoying a new stature with the White House since playing its role in the secret plans. So now India signs a new pact with Russia. The worries go on and on." It is, said Aiken, as if Nixon had dropped a large stone into a previously stagnant pond. The waves from the impact are widening...