Word: givens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Faculty-has only to rate its 7000 applicants on "personality," and then simply accept the 1400 or so with the highest ratings; for example, no student will be accepted unless the committee believes he can at least get C's here. But it does mean that an outsider, given only the computer data and asked to guess which applicants the committee will accept, will come close if he chooses those with the highest personal ratings, tossing in about 100 students who are extraordinarily superior academically or athletically, and paying some attention to geographical distribution...
Today the Union's primary purpose is to feed the freshmen: there is no talk of its becoming an undergraduate club-in fact, the College has even given up most of the rhetoric claiming it unifies the freshman class. As a common eating experience through which the poor and the rich must suffer together, however, it is an indirect force for democracy...
Barber's suggested formula for averting tragedy: Nixon should consult with proponents and opponents on a given issue both before and "after he has reached a 'decision.' " And he should be none too hasty in making definitive public statements...
...accused polluters have been summoned to appear before the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, where they will be given firm deadlines to devise a plan to clean up their effluents. If they do not meet those deadlines, they can be prosecuted by the Justice Department for contempt of court...
Political Trouble. The Administration's stand will unquestionably be popular with businessmen, but it guarantees political trouble. Several members of the Senate Finance Committee pounced on Kennedy's proposals. "You've taken $1.7 billion from the average forgotten American and given it to the corporations," complained Indiana Democrat Vance Hartke. Though some of the Administration's proposals-notably its defense of investment incentives-may make good economic sense, many of them are likely to be doomed by their lack of popular appeal...