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...McLANDRESS DIMENSION, by Mark Epernay. A slyly satiric formula for estimating the character of statesmen and public personages by calculating their ability to concentrate on something other than themselves and ironic assaults on the dignity of bureaucracy. The pseudonymous author is ex-Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith...
...personnel who administer the aid program should constantly be in the field, Galbraith maintains. "And you can't keep them out unless you're willing to venture out yourself...
...Since Galbraith feels that a program with projects scattered about the countryside must be supervised on the scene, and since the itinerant professor enjoys the sport of traveling anyway, touring the country became a big item on his schedule. "Besides," he explained, "you can understand little from the capital...
Only one aspect of his job irritated Galbraith during his two years in New Delhi. "The social life of an ambassador is almost a complete waste of time," he insisted, "with almost no sacrifice it could be sharply reduced." Galbraith regrets the time which was spent merely entertaining other ambassadors. "I deeply resented the large block of time taken by purely ceremonial matters...
...Galbraith apparently managed to fill his few dull moments in New Delhi by writing several satirical pieces for Esquire magazine under the pseudonym of Mark Epernay. Although many reliable sources indicate that the scholar-diplomat is indeed the man behind Epernay, Galbraith himself has never admitted any connection. "I have a rule about that," he explained. "I never comment on another author--no matter how good...