Word: factors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House, there was an unaccustomed air of casualness, an unfamiliar atmosphere of tranquillity. President Johnson went through the normal busy week-a state dinner for Norway's King Olav, a jet excursion to Illinois, the appointment of a new ambassador to the U.N. But something was missing, some factor had disappeared from the unique Johnsonian equation. Both the shock and euphoria that followed the President's March 31 abdication speech had disappeared, and the Johnson Administration was slowly, inexorably winding down toward its self-set demise on January...
Thomson discusses the problems of "executive fatigue" and the inertia and "curator mentalities" of many officials as crucial factors in our Vietnam and larger Asian policy. He tells of the "domestication of dissenters" (one employer, Thomson wrote, used to refer to him as his "favorite dove"). And he describes the "effectiveness trap" which "keeps men from speaking out, as clearly or often as they might," in order "to preserve their effectiveness" as another factor leading to the kind of freezing of ideas that is so prevalent in Washington...
Another major factor keeping "top" students, as well as many others, from business is the growing range of alternatives for both graduate study and career choice. The world is growing in complexity at a fantastic rate. The information explosion has been supercharged by the advent of the computer. The need for scholars and academics in all fields of human enterprise has boomed. The alternatives to business, therefore, have become increasingly attractive, especially for the man dominated by intellectual curiosity and possessing high academic ability. Bright college graduates are facing heavy demand from everywhere, not just from business...
...liberal political stance, however, is also a factor in the government's decision to separate him from public Spain. Traditionally, Ridruejo explained, the government "has not tried to crush the communists, but only the liberals. This is because the government is interested in maintaining the appearance that the only opposition that exists is the extreme left, and the only alternative to the present regime is civil war. Therefore, most acts of opposition are attributed to the extreme left...
...M.I.T. freshmen are not regarded as a factor in today's regatta...