Word: appears
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does each class appear statistically like the one ahead of it, if "quotas" are not used? There seem to be two answers. First, each man on the admissions committee feels in his own mind that a "good mix" is a necessary thing for Harvard College. If the admissions committee has just okayed nine consecutive students from a small town in Oregon, it will become wary of admitting more. Perhaps, as Whitla suggests, the advocate himself will not be able to find it in him to argue a tenth case enthusiastically. More important, there is something of a quota built into...
...bothersome worry to new freshmen is a fear of their classmates: a fear of not getting along with roommates, of academic competition, and of social competition. "Each usually believes that he is the only one who feels insecure," said one official in the Dean's Office, "while his classmates appear secure and well adjusted to him." There is little justification for these fears...
...major political role. Lyra Tavares, 63, is the strongest, has the best political sense and is the most widely admired of the three. He came up through the engineers corps -traditionally the army's "intellectual" branch-and has degrees in both law and engineering. He does not now appear to be pressing for leadership, but that could be a wise ploy rather than an indication of his ultimate goal. Were he to emerge too early as an aspirant to the presidency, he might not survive in Brazil's military-political jungle...
...surface," says Busia, "I like to appear gentle. But I can be tough if it requires." The premier, a quiet man whom followers refer to as "The Prof" may have to get tough. Living costs and unemployment are spiraling, not to mention the birthrate. Worst of all, Nkrumah's rule left Ghana with $1.45 billion in debts and badly in need of foreign investment...
...accused polluters have been summoned to appear before the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, where they will be given firm deadlines to devise a plan to clean up their effluents. If they do not meet those deadlines, they can be prosecuted by the Justice Department for contempt of court...