Word: elected
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leader reiterated his fear that the reapportionment of state legislatures entirely on the basis of population would lead to their domination by "the bosses of the big-city political machines." Instead, Dirksen proposed, the voters in any state should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they wanted to elect one chamber on the basis of geographical or political subdivisions...
...seven half-courses in Design and Control will emphasize the similar approaches of businessmen and engineers to the problem of improving efficiency. Students in the Business School, the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, and the Departments of Economics and Statistics may elect the courses as part of their doctoral programs...
...only lapse was neglecting to set a limit on the number of pass-fail, free fifth courses a student could elect during his four years, although such a limit would seem advisable, for a couple of reasons...
...recommendations, the Faculty ought to consider them carefully. The remaining flaws in the proposals can easily be written out, although the HPC itself has eliminated nearly all possible abuses; the Faculty would need only set limits to the number of free courses a student can elect...
Peace Corps officials, however disagree. They are confident they can select out the "deadbeats" from a larger flow of volunteers. Neither would the volunteer spirit nor the quality of the applicants suffer. Draftees would still have to elect the Peace Corps over the army: the pay would be lower, the work harder, and the standards--with an increase in applicants--could be raised considerably. Moreover, the highly qualified body of college students, who now shun the Peace Corps for the greater security of graduate school, could now volunteer without fear of further obligation when they return to school...