DROP A BALL

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a Central Org orders an important number of books or meters. The order gets messed up. The next thing we know we are in a cable rush -to-fill-the-order emergency and up to our ears in phone calls, special letters, etc. Now somebody dropped a ball somewhere and routine activities were not carried out. Thus they became emergency activities. (HCO PL 18 Dec 64, Administrative Traffic Trend)