Word: assessment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...through Congress. The plan seeks to curb fuel use through a combination of taxes and price boosts that is all but certain to raise living and business costs. Businessmen are holding back on spending commitments until the final version of the bill is approved and they can assess its effect on earnings...
...single day's test can effectively vitiate four years of academic achievement. This is true not only for college but for graduate and professional school admissions as well. The examination system may be a convenience to admissions officers who are fundamentally too lazy to devise means to assess candidates on individual merit; and it is doubtless a boon to the test authors, evaluators and proctors who regularly enjoy its moonlighting income. But it has surely demeaned education and caused widespread cynicism among students. Why indeed should pupils learn to write when the key to success is found in filling...
...loan to the head of another bank that makes an interest-free deposit? Said a high officer of one of Manny Hanny's competitors: "Citibank wouldn't do it. Chase Manhattan wouldn't do it. Morgan Guaranty wouldn't do it." Now Comptroller Heimann will assess whether or not anything was improper. His investigation has been expanded to include all of Lance's loans from NBG correspondent banks -four of the five loans that...
...Sudan if necessary, since the two nations have a mutual defense pact. Cairo will also buy reconnaissance drones and sophisticated aerial cameras. President Carter promised in addition to look after Sudan's "legitimate defense needs." A U.S. military team will fly to Khartoum in August to assess Numeiry's plea for U.S.-built F-5E fighter planes. Requests from Chad will be "considered sympathetically," Carter added...
...publicity-conscious and sometimes goes beyond her $52,500-a-year job as staff technician and seeks to influence policy. The CBO, with its staff of 208 economists and other specialists, was set up to analyze tax and spending options in all areas, from defense to welfare, and assess costs and probable impact on the economy. As a result, Congress can now set spending ceilings and sometimes even cut appropriations to stay under them. At the same time, the legislators can keep a close watch on individual spending programs. Before, Congress groped blindly, passing hundreds of appropriation bills each session...