Word: easier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...because in the early stages, at least, covert operations are secret. Planning for any kind of successful policy must define realistic objectives, set limits on what is to be attempted, consider whether the means available match those required, carefully weigh potential benefits against likely costs. All that is much easier to achieve when a proposal is subject to wide debate than when, even inside the Government, it can be discussed only under hush-hush conditions by a tightly limited group of officials. Sloppy planning too often slips by in those circumstances. An inordinate number of covert operations seem in hindsight...
...freshman who seeks advice from many different sources who is most likely to make correct academic choices. The proctor should always be available for general academic advice, and implementation of the Undergraduate Council's proposals would make it easier for freshmen to contact three groups who can give more specific information. Then freshmen could make truly informed decisions...
...controversy over Jackson's remarks might have been much easier for many Blacks to accept had the messenger been white. It certainly would have been neat and easy. But it didn't happen that way. It rarely does...
...machines can receive instructions only in a series of Is and Os. In order to make it easier for people to communicate with the machines, scientists have developed programming languages that translate commands into Is and Os. There are more than a dozen software languages, each designed for different kinds of users and applications. The first widely accepted one, FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation), was developed in 1956 by a team at IBM. It is used primarily on scientific and mathematical problems. BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), which was written by Dartmouth Professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas...
...week by bootlegging software. He buys a game like Commodore's Omega Race for $29.95, copies it onto a blank disc that costs him about $3 and sells it to his buddies for $10. "It's really simple," says the boy. "Nothing's easier than copying software...