Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Williams, however, added that something went wrong with the Social Democratic ideal, and opponents blamed it for the growth of big government, tremendous increases in public expenditure, exorbitant levels of inflation, and the overall decline of Western power...
...establishing such controls made sense to the committee. The hearings and the GAO report showed all too clearly that the Government's jerry-built system of hiring consultants badly needs reform. Now that it is budget-cutting season in Washington, Pryor believes the moment is ideal to deflate that 800-lb. marshmallow. Says he: "We could take back maybe $1 billion or $2 billion and not cut out any services at all." In fact, the hearings revealed that the Office of Management and Budget has already decided that all agencies will be required to slash funding for consultant contracts...
...members of the committee, Richard B. Freeman and Orlando Paterson, say the committee will continue looking for people along the precedents it set the first time, primarily looking for historians. The ideal is two Afro-American historians based primarily in America, and one specialist in the Caribbean, Freeman added...
...course integration is going to be disruptive, and of course it would be ideal to have a longer time to go about it. But we are under a legal mandate to do it quickly," Heiberger added...
...crucial in the rebuilding of the ailing department. Those who hope for a strong Afro-American Studies Department should not hesitate to seek input into the rebuilding process but should refrain from unsubstantiated attacks. No scholars--Levine, Knight, Huggins or anyone else--could possibly meet every possible objection; ideal Afro-American studies scholars may exist somewhere, but gathering them at Harvard will not occur overnight. These three seem the best hope for the department right now. We urge them to accept the appointments and ask the students to abandon ill-informed attacks...