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...part of a decade. Stocky, garrulous and indefatigable, Alfonsin, 56, has brought a shudder of excitement to a citizenry long inured to monochromatic military men and ineffectual demagogues steeped in the mythology of Juan Perón. Alfonsin has also projected an image of forcefulness and competence necessary to command his unruly nation...
...administrator, Kennedy was intense, but also casual about the forms-improvisational, never rigid. Eisenhower favored a formal chain of command, with orderly, predictable
...structures. Kennedy's mind was extremely orderly, but his techniques in office were sometimes heterodox and unexpected. They might have struck an outsider as being somewhat chaotic. He constantly bypassed the chain of command. He telephoned Assistant Secretaries or lesser military officers in order to seek information he needed. His press secretary, Pierre Salinger, once remarked that the back door of the White House always seemed more open than the front door. He understood the dynamics of meetings, and sometimes mistrusted them as a way of doing business. He thought that his presence might intimidate people. He liked...
Officers at District B headquarters, which Johnson will continue to command until he assumes his Harvard position on December 6th, referred queries to Commissioner of Police Joseph Jordan...
...chief denied that he ever had any trouble with subordinates and said he accepted the top position at Harvard because of its merits, not because he felt he had to. "I don't know where that came from," Johnson said, referring to the alleged problems with officers under his command. "I never had any problems with subordinates at all," he added...