Word: programming
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Despite uneven acting styles and some amateurish makeup, which displayed wild, fake jungles of beard, the whole added up to an exciting show, with much credit going to the program's unobtrusive but incisive commentator, Harvard University's Dean of Arts and Sciences, McGeorge Bundy, making his TV debut. A cold, well-spoken orator of his own words, Bundy concluded: "The presidency is a superb instrument of action, and it takes a man to wield it . . . He shall have power-but only with our help...
...best accompanists in the world. "Pianists here are getting better and better," says Rupp. "I'm sure we all play better than Liszt." Nevertheless, most of the accompanists agree that their art is still low-rated in the U.S., while the situation is changing in Europe. English programs often avoid the word "accompanist" entirely, substituting the more palatable word "piano." In Paris the old program phrase "accompanied by" is replaced by the phrase "with the collaboration...
...This week the TVA, now accepted as a permanent part of the U.S. scene by friend and foe alike, showed the initiative of a private enterprise. For the first time in its history, it went into the public bond market to get the money for a vast new construction program...
...much gold plating and fanciness. I intend to raise hell as long as I am here until I get some action." The action he wanted was to eliminate waste and overcharging in Air Force procurement. Bradley said that $100 million has already been trimmed out of the revived B70 program "by cutting out fancy items that were put in there to do the job just a little better. You can do the same job, perhaps a little less well, but for a lot less money...
...Force Controller Lieut. General William D. Eckert and Inspector General Lieut. General Joseph F. Carroll last week launched 70 specialists into the field to survey management practices of Air Force prime contractors. First to be studied is Martin Co., Titan missile prime contractor. Martin was picked because the Titan program is at the stage where catching mistakes might save money. The Atlas missile program is too old, the Minuteman too young...