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...Qualitative comparisons between spy systems are difficult to make. The CIA, which receives input from all parts of the U.S. intelligence establishment, is probably more expert, but Western intelligence officials give the KGB high marks for its professionalism and discipline. Despite the famed defections of the postwar period, British intelligence is highly regarded by most of its U.S. counterparts; so, to a somewhat lesser extent, is French intelligence. Many experts agree
...NIXON. "Here's a very analytical, brilliant man. His input [meaning advice from his staff] is his output. If his input is heart, his output is heart. If it's cold, the output is cold...
...effort to crack what he calls "the mystique of the mandarins," Shnayerson will try to get pieces from the experts, then use a small staff of "editors who can translate" to polish the prose. He says he plans regular capital coverage in Harper's, "some kind of Washington input different from anyone else...
...said later that new units were opening in the South and that the quantity of officers would not suffer. "It's the same input, but it's a different breed of cats," he asserted. "We need Texas Agees, but we also need Harvard eggheads...
...abroad, are now turning to brain research. One day in the distant future, their discoveries may help man to improve his already remarkable brain?for despite its dazzling versatility and subtlety, it is not without limitation. "Computers slashing from circuit to circuit in microseconds can cope with the input and response time of dozens of human brains simultaneously," Biophysicist Sinsheimer laments. Besides, the brain can call up only a limited amount of stored information at a time to focus it on a particular problem. And while it can grasp as many as 50 bits of visual information at once...