Word: assessments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...school-prayer decision, when much of the press declared that God had been banished from the classroom and the Supreme Court was heaped with abuse it did not deserve. Now that decisions will be strung out during the week, reporters should have ample time to study and assess them more accurately...
...sponsors of the program say they hope "to provide an expert background on Vietnam, to analyze the policies being pursued by the involved countries, and to assess the alternatives--diplomatic and military...
...association should get orders from its customer establishments on the basis of direct contract relations. These contracts are not the product of sporadic market fluctuations but are rather the embodiment and realization of centralized planning. That is why the new system will never lead to unemployment. We intend to assess the work of enterprises, first of all, by the way in which they carry out orders placed with them, and only then shall we make appraisal of and encourage their efficiency...
...reported to Surgeon General Luther L. Terry that "cigarette smoking is a health hazard" and warrants "appropriate remedial action." Last week a dozen voluntary health organizations that have joined with three agencies of the Federal Government in a National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health met in Washington to assess what "remedial action" has been taken...
...attract from two to eight people. As Judge Brown sees it, empty courtrooms adversely affect jurors. Concluding that no one cares, "a juror may be tempted to lay on a heavy sentence." Conversely, "he may decide that no one thinks the crime is serious and then assess a light sentence." Judge Brown is troubled: "When a man's liberty or life is at stake in my court, I like to think someone is interested...