Word: coverted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...honesty of writing this clause into the constitution is exactly the honesty of putting segregation laws upon the books; it is not practical to stop covert discrimination practiced by groups like the final clubs, but it would be sad to conclude from that difficulty that Harvard should attach its name to explicit, premeditated, and flagrant exclusion based principally upon race...
...Democratic National Committee keeps careful files on congressional voting records. Southern insurgents, no matter how friendly they may be to the New Frontier, will be discouraged from running in Democratic primaries against incumbent Congressmen who have been reasonably cooperative with the Administration. But opponents of unfriendly Congressmen will receive covert Administration support, plus open political and financial aid from labor and Negro leaders...
...about collecting information that other powers want to keep hidden. The key operative, known as a "case officer," is given the authority and funds to build up the necessary network of agents, cutouts, line crossers, drops and cover organizations. His assignment can generally be classified as either "clandestine" or "covert." A clandestine operation (the Bay of Pigs invasion, Russia's secret installation of missiles in Cuba) is one that is recognized as a hostile act carrying with it the risk of war. A covert operation, however, is one accepted as "a peacetime avenue of action which, when used, will...
...intervention in Vietnam than he apparently is now. He said then, "I am frankly of the belief that no amount of American military assistance in Indochina can conquer an enemy which is everywhere and at the same time nowhere, 'an enemy of the people' which has the sympathy and covert support of the people...
...midyear openings to high school guidance counselors who subscribe to the center's reports Cat $22.50 a year). One effect is to undercut a racket that has grown up from the rush for higher education. To the dismay of reputable college counselors, a number of unscrupulous advisers work covert retainers from academically weak, dishonest colleges, charge parents big fees to get dull-witted youngsters into those same colleges-and then get a kickback (10% of tuition) from the college...