Word: assessing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...briefing. McNamara had done some of his homework well: he made an impressive presentation of the current state of U.S. nuclear forces. Then, like Republican Defense Secretaries Neil McElroy and Tom Gates before him, honest Bob McNamara tried to explain that merely counting missiles is not the way to assess U.S. or Russian military strength. All other weapons must be taken into account. The important thing, said McNamara, is that there should be no "destruction gap." Then, casually, he added that today the Russians probably have no more intercontinental ballistic missiles than...
...total was within the next year doubled by gifts from Reed's family, and from various of his classmates. The committee suddenly had to face the fact of his own permanence. Album members responded unhesitatingly; officially constituting themselves as the Dana Reed Prize Committee, they even began to assess themselves small annual dues...
Binger observes that women seek husbands avidly in college, and that this aim is so important that girls conceal it not only from others but from themselves. And he proceeds to assess the effects of young men's failure to provide the security and approbation the girls need...
...final criticism of the article is quite simple--it made no effort to assess the roles played by the various members of the 20th Century Week Committee. For six months or better, a group of undergraduates set themselves to formulating this program. They made a major contribution of their time and interest. Behind the conference and its successes and failures lie their efforts. Their competence and diligence evoke my gratitude and that of every participant in 20th Century Week, but evidently the CRIMSON has overlooked them. Roger M. Leed '61, General Chairman 20th Century Week...
...presence there? The Government's "bootstrap" handling of the case, wrote Chief Judge J. Edward Lumbard, was wholly unwarranted. "Bad as many of these alleged conspirators may be, their conviction for a crime which the Government could not prove . . . and on evidence which a jury could not properly assess, cannot be permitted to stand...