Word: hewed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nibble timidly around the edges" of the big issues, but to "start taking some barracuda-like bites." At a ceremony after the conference, Johnson plucked Gardner's arm, said, "I want to see you right after the reception." In his office Johnson broached the idea of HEW to Gardner, who, two days later, accepted -even though his $35,000 Government salary reportedly will be half of what he earned at Carnegie...
...illusions about the complexity of his new job. HEW has 84,000 employees and a $30 billion annual budget, yet its six sprawling agencies* operate almost as independent entities, protected by their own cheering sections in Congress. Educators and some Congressmen have called for splitting off HEW's education office into a separate Cabinet-level Department of Education. Adding to the pressure, more burdens-and billions-are being piled on HEW as a result of Great Society programs, not the least of which is the $6.5 billion medicare scheme. Says Gardner: "I don't think even informed Americans...
Conversion, traditionally as basic to Christianity as prayer, is today a concept in evolution. Conservative and fundamentalist church groups still hew faithfully to the Biblical injunction, "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them." Among renewal-minded clergy of the main-stream Protestant faiths, there is widespread doubt about whether gaining new members for the organized church is the primary goal of true Christianity...
...also complained that HEW ignores the clear mandate of Brown vs. Board of Education, the famous 1954 decision outlawing segregation in the schools, when it allows systems to desegregate only four grades at a time without having to offer any reason for delay...
Finally, Greenberg charged that in areas where a school system is under a court order to desegregate, HEW requires no more than the court requires (no matter how little this...