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...even to get appointments for interviews. The drain on Cuba's supply of trained men-engineers, economists, doctors-last week persuaded Castro to cancel all existing exit permits. Henceforth, those who want to leave home must fill out an elaborately detailed questionnaire. Its aim was plain: to keep tab on those who are getting out and to provide a handy list of their assets in case they do not come back...
...Congo airlift, in which U.S. planes played a significant role-call for quick responses. Last week the Air Force took a step toward more effective emergency responses to even bigger crises. It announced a $40 million contract for an automatic global communications-computer system that will keep constant tab on its men, missiles and planes, tell how best to use them...
...case, as it unfolded in court, seemed remarkably simple. By Jack's own admission to the county grand jury, he had allowed longtime Crony Sidney J. Ungar, a real estate operator seeking city approval of a $30 million slum-clearance scheme, to pick up a $4,400 tab for the 1958 remodeling of Jack's Harlem apartment. Jack also admitted that he had lied to the district attorney by saying that his wife paid for the job out of her $100-a-week "table money"-before finally settling on the explanation that Ungar had loaned the money without...
...gets into serious trouble. The New York Telephone Co. starts right at the door of its personnel office, puts great reliance on careful employee interviewing and aptitude tests to put workers in suitable jobs that will not cause or aggravate an emotional upset. Many company psychiatrists, unable to keep tab on all workers, train managers and supervisors to watch for signs of mental disturbance. Dr. Alan McLean, fulltime psychiatrist for IBM, spends half his time coaching executives in this art. He warns them against trying to play psychiatrist, insists that workers be immediately referred to a psychiatrist or plant doctor...
...tab was $100 a couple, but the show would have been cheap at any price...