September 29, 2005
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Bang Splat
From Forever Dylan, USA Today, 5/17/01:“‘He’s still a great songwriter,’ Aimee Mann says. The sentiments
in ‘Things Have Changed,’ from last year’s ‘Wonder Boys’ soundtrack,
are ‘brutal, relevant, and literally spine-tingling.’”“Statistical Control: A new division of the U.S. Air Force that
came into existence in 1942. Statistical Control Officers were trained
at Harvard Business School and then assigned to every Air Force command
where [they] worked to apply standardized procedures to statistical reporting
and analysis. They served to organize the movement of men, planes, and
materiel, as well as provide statistical analysis of bombing missions.
This data was used by Air Force commanders… as an essential factor in
planning and the quantitative measure of achievement. Robert McNamara
was one the original faculty members of the Statistical Control School
at Harvard….”From today’s Harvard Crimson:
Former House Master Dead at 89
“Andrews discovered Harvard while studying at
the Army Air Force’s Statistical Control School, which was held at HBS
and taught by HBS faculty.Having completed his Air Force service
in 1946, Andrews joined a multidisciplinary teaching group at HBS to
develop a new course called Administrative Practices.”
“All the truth in the world
adds up to one big lie.”– Dylan, “Things Have Changed“
To St. Michael on his day (9/29)
in the spirit of St. Cecilia’s Eve (11/21):And Hennessey Tennessee tootles the flute,
And the music is somethin’ grand;
A credit to old Ireland is McNamara’s band.
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