Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Student Council sub-committee on food took a guided inspection tour of the Kirkland House control kitchen yesterday noon. This was one of the field trips taken since the Council investigation of the Dining Hall situation was instigated two weeks...
...China is no Balkan peanut; it has a population almost twice as great as that of Russia itself. 2) It is an Oriental culture, whereas the Sovict Union has become steadily Westernized. 3) There is a great deal of rugged territory between Moscow and Peking, and remote control does not work very well when it is that remote. 4) The Chinese liberated themselves in the last war; there was no Russian Army to parade in the streets and insure "free" elections...
...mystery. Remón, the strong man and orderkeeper for every Panama administration since 1946, was in effect chief of staff of the nation's only armed force, the highly trained 2,000-man police corps. He and a staff of fanatically loyal aides had absolute control of the modern police headquarters, a combination fortress, arsenal, barracks, radio communications center and model jail (known locally as the Hotel Remón). By contrast, the only force directly at the President's disposal was his ceRemónial bodyguard...
Some people try to compensate for their anxiety by too much eating, drinking, smoking or sexual promiscuity, say the California researchers. None of these does them any good. Actually, it is hard for overanxious people to win, no matter what they do: those who practice rigid self-control in normal times are likely to break down in a crisis. However, Drs. Ruesch and Prestwood believe that people "who in daily life . . . might miss their streetcars or forget their umbrellas . . . tend to tolerate their anxiety in emergency situations much better," because they have discharged their anxiety little by little...
Thus, for all Snyder's talk about periodic balances, this policy of writing blank checks has actually put the budget beyond practical control. Budget Director Frank Pace Jr. admitted as much. Said he: "For any given year, it is unpractical to count on achieving any specific goal, whether it is a balanced budget or a pre-determined surplus or deficit." Such items as crop support, in which the expense cannot be totted "up in advance, "can substantially change the surplus or deficit." In short, neither Snyder nor Pace had any idea when the budget would be balanced...