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Student attitudes, as distinct from the behavior to which these attitudes lead, are extremely difficult to ascertain in a communist country. Limited survey research in Poland, the U.S.S.R., and elsewhere, however, along with the impressions of those outsiders who have lived among students in a communist society, have provided some direct evidence of student attitudes...
...possible to screen out vulnerable people who looked as if they might be hurt by a snide remark from a peer, Robert F. Bales, professor of Social Relations, said that it would be technically too costly and time consuming to give each of the students a psychological test to ascertain if they were too fragile to participate. No one has ever been seriously damaged emotionally by the course, Bales added...
Although Carmichael was quoted accurately at having said that "40 per cent of the men in the front line "are Negroes, it is impossible, at this time, to ascertain his sources. Yesterday, the Defense Department said that the most recent survey (Dec. 25, 1965) showed the following percentages of Negroes in the Armed Forces in Vietnam; 14.8 per cent in the Army, 5.1 per cent Navy, 8.9 per cent Marine Corps, 8.3 Air Force. These figures, however, do not reflect the percentages of Negroes "on the front lines...
After cruising for another 75 minutes to reduce their fuel load, White decided to graze the ground briefly to ascertain whether the forward gear was properly locked in place. As soon as he touched down, six of the eight tires on the main landing gear blew out. The same computer failure that had affected the forward gear had locked the brakes on the main wheels, freezing them. White had no choice but to go through with the landing. "It was an experience we wouldn't have missed for worlds," said White, "and one we wouldn't like...
...word "we" in his testimony only "to hide the essential singularity of the decision-making process in the Department of Defense." Said the report: "The subcommittee was shocked to dis cover that the proposal to phase out of the SAC inventory all B58 aircraft was, as best it could ascertain, an action solely recommended and supported by the office of the Secretary of Defense and one neither recommended nor truly supported by the Air Force or the Joint Chiefs of Staff...