Word: altered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
However, Watson outlined the Crimson's new policy of scheduling in the hope that pressure could be placed upon schools to reverse their policies regarding freshmen. "Acting alone, it does not appear we could effectively alter the course of events," Watson said. "But there are firm indications that a number of colleges will take a strong position on this matter next year, and we want to be among them...
...future church investments to be not only legal but moral, whether or not they are profitable. He has even considered forming a Third World investment syndicate, regardless of the financial return. Meanwhile, for other reasons, Paul is damping a movement that would cost the church untold millions and drastically alter its economy. If priests were allowed to marry, the church would have to pay them enough to support their families...
...Time Bomb. Those who expect aid from the Federal Communications Commission will find Television even more depressing. The organization is pusillanimous, says Brown. Caught between Washington and broadcasting politics, it seeks to preserve rather than to alter. Nor can much be expected from changes at the networks. The small affiliate stations still have the right to refuse what they find disagreeable. This tail-wagging-the-dog situation curbs most attempts at quality or daring. Nor does Public Broadcasting offer a sanguine alternative. The networks tolerate it as Their Majesty's Loyal Opposition-as long as it retains its obsequious...
...Jackson relates, the Youth Authority's reforms did nothing to alter the basic emotional shock of entering into a penal institution for the first time...
...impress me. I cannot comment on mental hospitals, jails or business firms, but as one of this nation's secondary-school students, I can testify that his principles have failed in the high schools of at least one average-sized community. For one thing, students recognize attempts to alter their behavior and meet them with resentment comparable to that created by punishment. Furthermore, if incentives are at all successful, the reward situation soon becomes the norm, deviations from which are interpreted as punishment...