Word: assess
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that most effective of democracy's equalizers, the voting booth, the Negro is now voting black with an assertiveness that has impelled many white politicians to assess with new respect the black bloc's gathering strength. Some of the Negro's political leaders have said that what they want is something like the Irish Power that has been evident in Boston or the Jewish Power that has shown itself in New York City. By now, almost everyone in the U.S. knows that Gary, Ind., and Cleveland installed Negro mayors last month. Negro bloc voting was indispensable...
...hand, the punishments themselves are vary much lighter than I had anticipated up until the very last moment. Furthermore, appeal procedures exist that may be able to correct manifest injustices. Thought the character of the punishment is indeed important, it is even more important to try to perceive and assess the situation in which we all find ourselves. It is on this score that I would like to offer some personal observations...
...praising, but I am saying that the burden of proof is now on driver education to prove it is effective." The headlong rush to invest millions of dollars in driver-education courses should be halted, he argued, and a small portion of the money spent on further tests to assess their value...
...political ramifications of the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam are one thing; the war itself, as viewed from cockpits, rifle sights and radarscopes, is quite another. For the better part of a month, the Senate's Preparedness Subcommittee, under Mississippi's John Stennis, has been trying to assess the military effort through the testimony of the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff. Last week Air Force Chief J. P. McConnell had his saw-toothed say. It was predictably and powerfully in support of the air war in the North...
...place of a Dean in such a transformation is difficult to assess. A Dean's influence grows slowly, in subtle increments of choice, of recommendation, of support, of example. Over the years, however, a Dean can become a vital force, determining the direction his school takes. Griswold was such a Dean...