Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though it happened under circumstances that, theoretically, are no more hazardous than the car ride to the Cape, the fact that Grissom, White and Chaffee lost their lives on the ground has a symbolism all its own. For even more important than the down-played dedication, the casual-seeming courage and the nonchalance under pressure that the astronauts bring to bear in actual flight is the drilled-in professionalism, perfectionism and thoroughness that they must have to master the incredibly intricate tools of their trade. They are heroic pioneers, but they are also brilliant technicians-and they could...
Open-End Mission. As it was planned, the flight of Apollo 204 would have tested both the mettle and the technology of the three astronauts beyond anything that men had yet experienced in space. On Feb. 21, the capsule was to be fired off the ground by a Saturn 1-B rocket to go into orbit for as long as Grissom, White and Chaffee could take it, an "open-end" mission that marked a bold departure from the rigidly limited space flights of the past. It was to be essentially an engineering flight, a manned shakedown for the Apollo systems...
...should not be forgotten, however, that this reasonable middle road is possible only because some critics have taken positions which are not so moderate, not so balanced and blandly phrased. Those who have pushed out the spectrum on the left have claimed new territory for the middle, safe ground to which these "concerned" and "doubting" students may scamper. That's the way the system works, of course: push hard on the left, and make way for the moderates. Human nature abhors a political vacuum...
...professional educators are bitterly opposed. One such enemy is the executive committee of The American Association of School Administrators, representing 16,500 public-school superintendents. The committee has asked association members not to cooperate with the testing on the ground that assessment "will be coercive, will inevitably lead to the pressure of regional, state and local comparisons, and will have national overtones in the dispensing of federal aid." The committee claims that its stand has been informally endorsed by leaders of five other major education groups, including the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the National Education Association...
...indicate the importance and urgency of this effort by quickly running through the principal campaigns now in progress or in prospect. (I should like to say at once, parenthetically, that a major ground for hope for success in these efforts is the quality of the alumni leadership we have been able to attract to head them. These leaders' acceptance of such responsibility testifies both to their loyalty and devotion, and to the importance of the causes they have agreed to serve...