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The succession puts both men in positions for which they are well suited by experience and temperament: the good-humored, diplomatic Parsons at the helm; the disciplined, hard-driving Pittman in the engine room. It also represents Levin's parting imprint on the culture of the merged company. And it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can A Nice Guy Run This Thing? | 12/17/2001 | See Source »

The Beatles keep in touch constantly, bounding in and out of each other's homes like members of a single large family--which, in a sense, they are. Their friendship is an extraordinary intimate and empathetic bond. When all four are together, even close friends like Mick Jagger of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: 34 Years Ago In TIME | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

Neutra’s designs, however, were less formal and more pragmatic than those of many of his contemporaries, concentrating more on materials and methods than form. This exactly suited the temperament of a young philanthropist, John Nicholas Brown, who was looking to build a summer home on Fishers Island...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Architectural Atlantis | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

I immediately present a contradiction to Mystic Mary. After examining the ten tarot cards I flipped over and then holding my hands for a while and closing her eyes, Mary concludes that she “hears” a nervous temperament, but she doesn’t ?...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Future: FM Directors of the 129th | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

As a mother raising a child whose temperament is almost the polar opposite of mine, I liked the admonition "When you try to change a child's temperament, you can't. But if you try to do so, you are saying to the child, 'I don't like the way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Over The Hurdles | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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