Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most part within this community--among teachers and students who already almost all oppose the Administration's policy. With minor exceptions, these students and faculty have made no concerted effort to influence opinion in the rest of the country. And if the opinion polls are anywhere near correct, a majority of Americans still express support for the Administration's policy, though they are becoming increasingly concerned and discontent...
...automaker would have cringed at the very thought of that kind of headline. No effort would have been spared to keep the news from the general public. But last week's disclosure that Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division was calling back 85,000 Cougars to correct possible defects was not ferreted out by any prying reporter. Ford sent out the news itself; the company actually seemed anxious to get the word around...
...that recalls themselves are any thing new. For years, Detroit has been calling back cars to correct belatedly discovered flaws. The auto companies have usually gone about that part of their business by confidentially instructing dealers to get in touch with the owners of suspect cars. Then came last September's federal requirement that Washington be notified of all call-backs -and National Traffic Safety Bureau Administrator William Haddon Jr. was soon making all the details public...
...take the initiative away from Haddon by disclosing recall campaigns on its own. Thus, at the same time that registered letters went out to the car owners involved, Pontiac announced to the press last November that it was calling in 16,000 Tempest, GTO and Le Mans cars to correct a suspected steering-shaft misalignment. By February both Chrysler and Ford had adopted G.M.'s policy. Last month alone, automakers announced at least six call-backs involving more than 180,000 cars and trucks...
...which the perfection of military arts and techniques outweighs all other considerations, the attention you paid to the Vietnamese traditions and culture as some of the factors upon which either the shortening or the lengthening of this conflict rests, demands my respect. If I am correct, in your lectures you mentioned that the Vietnamese, being mostly Confucians, usually behave according to the Confucian ethics. That is to say they seldom remain neutral in a conflict in which one side to the struggle turns out to be the decisive victor, since the victor is also the carrier of the "Mandate...