Word: accomplishing
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Surveys have repeatedly shown that a majority of Americans, both black and white, overwhelmingly favor integration but oppose busing to accomplish it in schools. Part of the opposition is racist; much is based on fears among both black and white parents that desegregation will endanger the children. In addition, white parents fear that busing will lead to lowered academic standards. Compounding parents' worries is that the experience of those cities that have had forced busing is somewhat confusing and contradictory. Examples...
...white enrollment in the schools has declined from 50% to 30%. Schools in Inglewood, Calif., were 62% white when integrated in 1970; now they are 80% nonwhite, and a federal court agreed in May to let the city abandon crosstown busing since it no longer can accomplish desegregation...
Everyone at Harvard pretty much agrees that the student body should be as diverse as possible. Members of the task force on the composition of the student body know this but seem unsure of exactly how to accomplish...
...difficult for outsiders to assess the merits of each change Hall has made since 1971. He knows better than anyone how each of his directors operates and what they can accomplish. Weekly staff meetings and numerous individual meetings between Hall and his directors enable him to pick up quickly on their strengths and weaknesses. But it appears that Hall has not been very tactful or thoughtful in publicizing the changes or in dealing with those he has decided to oust or move. He admitted last week that, in announcing his decision on Roulliard, he could have "said things differently," especially...
...nation's biggest and most debt-ridden city will get merely another brief breather. The $2 billion will tide it over until December. Between then and the end of the fiscal year, next June, New York must beg or borrow yet another $3 billion or so. It can accomplish this only if it can market bonds to the nation's investors, who have lately viewed New York's paper as a pox. To regain their confidence and start putting its finances in order, the city has had to surrender a sizable chunk of home rule...