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...first his personality seemed monolithic enough. He gave a powerful impression of the assured technician. Even reporters who did not cover the Pentagon liked to attend his press conferences. Briefed to the eyeballs behind his almost rimless glasses, his gleaming black hair immaculately slicked, McNamara delivered an unstoppable stream of convincing detail. He had a swift answer for every question, a sharp rebuttal for every doubt...
Throughout his career as Defense Secretary, McNamara the technician seemed to be at war with McNamara the humanist. The man of supreme self-confidence was more of a Hamlet than anyone knew-torn between technocratic and humanistic impulses and afraid to go too far either way. If he had swung in one direction, would he have been more successful? Even McNamara could not answer that one. Probably no humanist could have brought the Pentagon under control, and no technocrat could conduct the Viet...
...breakthroughs. He says always, "Me and a great many other people ..." In fact, he established and ran the conventional Explosives Research Laboratory in Bruceton, Pa. And in 1944, he became chief of the explosives division of the Manhattan Project. "In retrospect," Kistiakowsky said. "I saw myself as a technician who tried to carry out the policies of 'statesman', never challenging them. That is the spirit in which I worked during...
Kistiakowsky's post-war research assisted the military in developing the Polaris submarine and various missiles, including the Atlas, Minuteman, and ICBM. "Until I actually became involved in the activities of the White House office, in 1957, I saw my role as that of a technician." Kistiakowsky became a full-time assistant to President Eisenhower in December 1'58. "These years were the eye-opener," he said. "I realized I'm no stupider than the policy makers. I realized how military policies are themselves stimulant to the arms race. The air of innocence with which our political leaders represented...
...Trim-A-Way figure-controlling salons across the U.S. The ingredients: strips of cloth and a secret chemical formula. The method: wrapping. The results: a guaranteed loss of two inches the first session, five by the fifth. The naked customer is marked and measured by a white-smocked technician, who then takes rolls of wet linen and firmly wraps her in oversize bandaging from the ankles up, pressing the fat upward. "It really is tight," reported an impressed client last week. "You wonder if gangrene won't set in before they finish." Wrapping stops at the breasts, but encases...