Word: stickler
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...Hodges headquarters is businesslike, brisk but quiet. The General is no spit-&-polish stickler but, a thorough precisionist, he insists on detailed planning. If there has been a mistake, he wants it thoroughly aired when he meets his staff at 0900 each morning. He addresses his officers by their first names, but his staffers call him "General...
Jacques Leclerc is a nom de guerre. His real name is still a secret (to protect his family from the Nazis). Quick-tempered, a stickler for efficiency, the General has no patience with fumbling aides. Last week, on the road to Paris, his nerves jumped raggedly.. At a press conference he parried all questions with caustic comments...
...Division: Major General Manton S. Eddy, 52, 6 ft. 2, 210 lbs.; a stickler for detail and physical conditioning, who used to run his officers daily over a five-mile course in Africa to keep them in trim...
...stickler for keeping news columns factual and unbiased, Publisher Knight describes himself as "a passionate believer in personal journalism," lives up to it by writing a signed "Editor's Notebook" on his editorial pages. His sentences are short and punchy. His aim: to be independent but not neutral-"not to be a straddler of issues, a do-nothing...
Vice President Larco Herrera is a famous and hilarious character in Peruvian politics. His appearance has been compared to that of a brunette turkey in a high stiff collar. A stickler for rigid protocol, he has sometimes been forced to maintain a multiple personality. During a period of political stress he was simultaneously Minister of Foreign Relations and Minister of Finance. Peruvians say he would write a formal note: "Rafael Larco Herrera, Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru, presents his respects to Mr. Minister of Finance, for the outstanding work he is performing." Next day would come the equally formal...