Word: effecting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strength and a return of British and French divisions to the continent, possibly Turkish and Italian reinforcements, and a strengthening of NATO's tactical air force. At home the unwise demobilization of our Army strength since Korea should be reversed and a crash ICBM program put into immediate effect...
...world view: "it must fight from above this level to bring everything under judgment and promise." This cannot be done, he says, simply by asserting theological truth, or by going back to the Reformation's theme of justification by faith alone. It can only be done by, in effect, driving man to the painful extremity of accepting the ultimate threat confronting his existence, and yet to affirm life in the face of this very threat. "The one thing needed-this is the first and in some sense the last answer I can give-is to be concerned ultimately, unconditionally...
...overlook the non-academic considerations of admissions because of dissatisfactions with the relatively feeble record of the class of '61. This reversal is an isolated incident and the brilliant records of many preceding classes selected under the same admissions policy excludes the possibility of any direct cause and effect relationship...
Wilcox's largest concern about the A. P. program has been that students might take advanced classes in high school, reject Advanced Placement, and then settle for grinding out A's in college courses they had in effect already taken. Of course, men with full Sophomore Standing can not do this: their promotion is contingent upon credits received for their advanced work in high school. A student with A.P. in one or two courses, however, is under no compulsion to avoid repetition. So far, though, virtually no one has used his accelerated training for mere grade advantage: this academic honesty...
...College was able to predict a deficit in operating costs for the academic year 1958-59 last spring, according to Wilbur K. Jordan, Radcliffe President. However, due to the $250 rise in tuition for Radcliffe students, which took effect this year, the College delayed the boost in room and board charges...