Word: assessable
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...tension between Cheney, whose office has had an increasing influence on presidential speeches, and Robert Hartmann, a longtime Ford political adviser and chief speech writer. Recently Ford promoted Cheney Aide David Gergen, 34, to White House special counsel and assigned Stefan Halper, 31, to help Cheney and Gergen assess the political implications of Administration initiatives. However, both Gergen and Halper are former speechwriters, a fact that will do little to diminish the tension between the Cheney and Hartmann operations...
...week's end he decided to drop out of the race. "I will remain a candidate and I do not intend to endorse any other candidate at this time," said Scoop to a group of supporters. "I am a realist. Simply stated, we are out of money." Asked to assess Carter's chances for the nomination, Jackson declared frankly: "He is an open-field runner at this time...
...society's underdogs. He praised Martin Luther King Jr., "who was perhaps despised by many in this room because he shook up our social structure ... and demanded simply that black citizens be treated the same as white citizens." Added Carter: "As a farmer, I'm not qualified to assess the characteristics of the 9,100 inmates in the Georgia prisons, 50% of whom ought not to be there. They ought to be on probation or under some other supervision ... I don't know, it may be that poor people are the only ones who commit crimes, but I do know...
...review committee last fall appeared to reach a different conclusion on the department's evaluation of Hartman's teaching. Its report said the department undertook "no systematic attempt" to "assess, influence, or even find out precisely" what Hartman was teaching, despite the fact that "teaching performance purportedly was a central concern...
While the possible long-term effects of the switch (and of Cantor's arrival) are difficult to assess at this point, one thing is clear--the transfer was motivated, at least in part, by an erosion of administration confidence in Hall's ability to supervise the personnel functions...