Word: assess
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this week's story, Beirut Bureau Chief William Stewart flew to Baghdad, while TIME correspondents in Paris, London, Washington and other capitals helped assess world reaction. To learn why and how Isreal struck, the Jerusalem bureau drew on an extensive network of scientific, military and diplomatic sources. Says Bureau Chief David Aikman: "There is something almost cosmic about Isreal's conflict with its neighbors. Where else in the world would the chief of the Air Force quote the Bible in answer to a reporter's question...
...arrival of the New Right as the dominant political force in the nation gives progressives (or liberals or whatever they are called now) not only a challenge but also the opportunity to regroup and assess what has and has not worked in the past. We favored Barry Commoner of the Citizens Party for the presidency in November, not because we thought he would win, but because we thought he was the only candidate who had addressed the issues with a consistent concern for equality and justice, universally distributed. Perhaps, as the November results would indicate, the future is not with...
...Yale, students will be expected to the initiative receiving less assistance from current editors in preparing their notes. Affirmative action was discussed last year, she adds, but the leaders of minority student organizations suggested that the review open up it's selection process instead. "The only group can fairly assess the costs of these programs are the people who are supposed to benefit, Morawetz says. NYU's law review curretnly includes one minority editor, an Asian student, but has not under-representation of women. "It's very possible that a further affirmative action program might be introduced next year," Morawetz...
...after the story appeared, April 15, Forman, Schmidt and Allison met in Allison's Kennedy School office to assess the situation and decide what to do next. It was a meeting, Schmidt recalls, to "get our signals straight" and clarify that if Reagan came it would be to the main Commencement ceremonies...
With the brouhaha over investment policy expected to continue into next year, Putnam will continue to be the key actor. As Treasurer, it is his responsibility to assess what restrictions on University investments are "feasible" in light of the University's overall objectives. How much pressure he chooses to exert may well determine the outcome of the current review...