Word: assessing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first year of the project, PBH will probably limit itself to 30 or 40 children "at the very most" in order to be able to assess accurately the worth of the program. Perrin is optimistic that the project's first year of success will enable rapid expansion in the future in order to reach more children...
Contrary to the speculation which preceded the announcement. Keppel was given no guarantees by the President that the power or prestige of the Commissioner would be upgraded. He emphasized that his only concerns at present would be to "learn the job," not to assess its stature...
...daring experiment was devised three years ago by Engineers Anthony Gogliucci and Ralph Vecchio from the Army's Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. By catching the shells in midflight, they are able to assess the damage caused by firing. Hopefully, their observations will help them to prescribe the proper design and materials to maintain the difficult hairline balance between strength and weight. By last week 40 shells had been fired, and new alloys and casing designs have already been contrived for the Army's 155-mm. shells...
...question was brought up Tuesday in a meeting of the City Council executive session. Brauneis reported that the city is looking for legal loop-holes which would enable Boston to assess the various tax-free institutions, including schools and churches, if they are unwillingly make a voluntary contribution...
...bragging too much to suggest that TIME invented the form. This is the preelection look of an American city, congressional district or state, in which in a brief space we look at two contenders deep in political combat, consider their personalities, quote their remarks, judge their style and assess their chances-all against a background of what currents of opinion are stirring among the voters. These stories, as our readers know, can be as terse and tight as a one-paragraph note, or as comprehensive as last week's cover story on the close race in Pennsylvania...