Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...return, but objecting to the way it obsessed him. In his 1966 book, Vietnam--Triumph or Tragedy, Goodwin still held that the situation was curable--we just had to guard against taking it all too far. But soon he learned that in Johnson's mind, it had never been "correctable." Johnson was bent on winning the war. He felt that the escalation was not correctable, but correct. Goodwin, who had left the White House on good terms with Johnson, came out publicly against the war--even before Bobby Kennedy did. He did not see Johnson again...
Whether or not Mathis's assertions are correct, he and a U.S. Embassy official in San Salvador. Mark Dion, quoted in an April 13 Boston Globe article, display a disconcerting lack of familiarity with the claims. Both Dion and Mathis said they knew of no town named Santa Elena near the Honduran border, thus unaware of or ignoring reports which said the massacre also occurred near another town, Hualicela...
...writing to correct errors stated in William F. Hammond's editorial piece on the History Department's revision of sophomore tutorial. I should also like to allay any fears and suspicions aroused by the article about the History Department's intentions and goodwill...
Supporters of the draft, including Hollings, have also argued that requiring everyone to serve will correct the over representation of minorities and poor people in the military. Black enlistees now account for 30 per cent of the Army, most of them in the lowest positions. Only 6.1 per cent of the officer corps is Black...
Brito is also unusual in her ability t resist the temptation to rush publication. to anticipate date before hard facts are available. She is correct that ideas are "better. safer, surer" when looked at critically at length, but in a world of publicity seeking scientists who use press conferences to announce results and where speed in publishing is essential for grants and recognition, she is an anomaly...