Word: congressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DAYTON, OHIO--if Congress fails to authorize funds for an anti-ballistic missile system this year, it will take until 1976 to establish another operational missile defense system, the Pentagon's top scientist said in a speech Monday before the Aviation-Space Writers Association meeting in Dayton...
Particle Physics is one of the most exciting fields of physics. It uses the most modern technology which costs a lot. Only the Federal Government is in position to support this work. The wisdom of the American taxpayer and of his representatives in Congress are responsible for the great opportunity provided Harvard and its sister institutions in the Cambridge area. It is the University which gains most directly. Karl Strauch Professor of Physics Director, Cambridge Electron Accelerator
...obvious cost of this dependence has become evident very recently. The university, by accepting huge amounts of federal support, has opened itself up to external political forces. Campus disorders have become the hottest political issue in years, and Congress, which has not had a good witch hunt in a long while, is responding magnificently...
...past two weeks, President Pusey has been working to convince Congress that the universities can take care of their problems themselves and that new legislation will only aggravate matters further. It is clear, however, that Congress would not be so upset if it did not have a financial handle on the universities. Pusey has to defend the university from Congress because Pusey brought the federal government into the university...
STILL, a closer examination of the situation reveals that Congress does not have nearly the power it pretends to have. The universities' rears of congressional intervention may be greatly exaggerated. One reason for this is the weakness of Congress in 1969, in a century in which political power has increasingly been flowing away from the Capitol. Another reason is the power of the allies of the universities--the permanent government (the federal agencies) and, for the most part, the President and his staff...