Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result of Pettigrew's work for the Committee on Equal Opportunity in Education of the American Psychological Association could be an eventual increase in the number of Negro faculty members at northern universities...
...other things being equal, the U.S. does not want any military man in the Dominican Republic's seat of power. But at week's end it appeared that Johnson might have to side with Imbert or someone approved by the general. Although this would not be an ideal solution, it would be in line with the basic U.S. policy that has remained constant throughout: no more Castros in the Caribbean...
While admiring colleagues boggle at the versatility and variety of his accomplishments-the arterial-replacement surgery, the delicate work inside the heart, the bold approach to strokes-DeBakey races on toward more imaginative goals. Now from his busy laboratories comes the confident prediction that surgical skills may soon be equal to the ultimate achievement-the implantation in a human of an artificial heart...
This month Roman Catholic Archbishop John F. Dearden of Detroit and St. Louis' Joseph Cardinal Ritter announced that they would give preferential treatment to suppliers who gave equal opportunity to minority groups; the same policy will eventually be applied to contractors. Under the terms of "Project Equality," bids from suppliers will be judged not only on the basis of cost and quality, but also on the company's fair-employment practices record. Directors of the project expect that within two years this policy will be adopted by at least 40 other dioceses...
Confining Investments. Protestant churches are taking similar action. Recently, the Episcopal Diocese of New York passed a resolution asking church agencies and parishes to confine their investments to corporations that have "demonstrated their commitment to equal opportunity in employment." In Chicago, churches belonging to the city's nondenominational Conference on Religion and Race all have fair-employment clauses in their hiring contracts; next month a five-man committee of financial experts will begin a study of one Protestant denomination's financial portfolio to see how its assets can best be used to further integration. The United Presbyterian Church...