Word: cull
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though it is virtually impossible to cull opinion from as diverse a group as the undergraduate body, a questionnaire would seem the best way to approach the problem. By taking a moment or two of their time to fill out this questionnaire, students can make themselves heard, and at the same time help the CEP with its worthwhile investigation...
Does It Work? A President owes it to himself, and to his country, to keep informed and seek the best advice available. There is no perfect way to cull ideas -Franklin Roosevelt relied more on his White House troubleshooters than on his Cabinet, Dwight Eisenhower on an Army-style staff system. But the test of any method is and must be pragmatic: Does it work? Even more than F.D.R., John Kennedy has chosen to rely on a large, select squad of brain trusters. Creating policy, the President gathers his advisers in study groups and task forces, gives them freedom...
...deciding his policy, John Kennedy does indeed listen to Rusk; but he may just as likely turn to his squad of White House professors and kibitzers, principally to Arthur Schlesinger and McGeorge Bundy of Harvard, Walt Rostow of M.I.T. Time after time, Kennedy reaches out past Rusk to cull ideas from Paul Nitze, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Washington Lawyer (and Truman's Secretary of State) Dean Acheson; Special Presidential Consultant Henry (The Necessity of Choice) Kissinger; Disarmament Adviser John McCloy; or Presidential Assistant Theodore Sorensen. During a crisis, the President may rely for both intelligence...
Waxing bullish on Republican chances in Manhattan's mayoralty election next November, F.D.R.'s only G.O.P. son, Manhattan Brokerage House Executive John Roosevelt neglected to cull the army of possible candidates (of which he is one), instead nominated the Republicans' "best campaigner": Democratic Incumbent Robert Wagner, "because of his utter inefficiency, his barren planning, his total lack of leadership, and the long and sorrowful list of scandals that he has permitted to flower during the seven years he has hibernated at City Hall...
...rescue Carte Blanche, Hilton Hotels Corp. Chairman Conrad Hilton and several associates two months ago pumped $5,000,000 into the corporation to cover credit losses, put in Bechhold as president to replace Conrad Hilton's son Barron. To cull out bad risks, Bechhold at once tightened the credit check (the new minimums: 25 years of age, a $7,200 salary, and "an established pattern of wise and consistent use of credit"). He also is putting into operation next month an IBM computer system to check daily on the state of accounts, send out reminders to delinquents...