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Throughout his ten-year career, Frank has used his wit, intellect and flair for the outrageous to distinguish himself. He had what is probably the most favorable press coverage of any politician in the state. Reporters find him extremely accessible and considerate--unlike most Boston politicians, he returns reporters' calls promptly and always provides clever quips. When the House created an Ethics Committee last month in the wake of the conviction of two state senators for extortion, Frank said, "Peer policing doesn't even work at West Point. The Committee should be banned with saccharin as an artificial sweetener...
...asks one to do a job that's doable, it's one's obligation to do it." And Schlesinger is quite convinced that his job of creating a national energy policy is indeed doable, if for no other reason than that he has dedicated his considerable intellect to it. After all, he has already been the nation's chief nuclear administrator, spymaster and boss of the Pentagon-though he has never been a physicist, a spook or even a soldier...
Science requires an intellect capable of flights of imagination. It requires neither money nor public support, and in this way science will continue to advance with the human spirit where research and technology cannot...
...Building, a nine-man ad hoc team held its first meeting last week. In Washington, task forces and special committees bloom and die like cherryblossoms -and often make about as much impact on policy-but this group is different. Its boss is James Schlesinger, 48, he of the omnivorous intellect and encyclopedic résumé, the man chosen by Jimmy Carter to take charge of the nation's energy problems. The group's goal: to produce a 50-page document outlining, as the President put it in last week's press conference, "a comprehensive, long-range...
Rapid Rise. In 1971 Blumenthal of Bendix decided to set up an "office of the chief executive," consisting of himself and three executive vice presidents. Early the next year, a head-hunter was dispatched to offer Agee one of the second-rank spots. Agee, impressed by Blumenthal's intellect and rapid rise from refugee to corporate leader, accepted. "I brought more business experience to the table than Blumenthal had," Agee says unblinkingly. At Bendix, Agee helped to install what he calls "early-warning systems" in budgetary planning to forestall "unpleasant surprises." He joined Blumenthal in leaning hard on lower...