Word: failings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...countless times in flight and on the ground. At the slightest hint of trouble, the mission could be safely aborted at any of a dozen points along the way. Even as Apollo nears the moon, the astronauts will still be able to make a "nogo" decision. Should the spacecraft fail to be slowed down as planned, it can simply make a high-speed loop of the moon and head back toward earth...
Courses with at least ten pass-fail students account for about 70 per cent of the total pass-fail enrollment...
There is "some evidence," Epps said yesterday, that students are entering areas where they have little experience by taking courses pass-fail--one of the Faculty's goals in approving the program...
Epps said that he did not yet know whether progress is being made toward the Faculty's other goal--reducing the pressure for grades--but that some study of this question would be made before pass-fail comes up for re-evaluation...
Epps emphasized that changes to or from pass-fail in full courses cannot be made at mid-year...