Word: impetuses
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...Israeli War of Independence, Gazit served as chief intelligence officer for a brigade and then commanded his own company. But a serious gunshot wound he received while fighting in Jerusalem ended his military career and resulted in the loss of a lung. The injury, he says, "gave me further impetus to go on in government...
...future success of such projects depends in part on Washington. A major impetus has come from Free Venture, a program financed in seven states by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). Now LEAA may fall victim to congressional budget cutting. Meantime Congress has at least directed LEAA to select seven test projects whose prison industries would be allowed to market their products beyond state lines. Sponsors hope this experiment will further the trend of private companies' subcontracting work to prison shops...
...white senior to death at the high school, two blocks from the Yard, closing classes for a week and shocking many in the city into action. Desegregation plans, man-dated by the state, had been in the works for years, but the killing seemed to give them new impetus. But the proposals, which will involve busing hundreds of students in an attempt to racially balance predominantly white schools in some parts of the city, remained politically controversial. The school committee punted the case last spring, setting up a program that will tentatively balance the system but only for one year...
...Indian symbol did not go gently into the night. A new brand of "totemism" has emerged from disgruntled alumni and students, who have latched on to it as a symbol of their insecurity about the new direction the college has taken under the impetus of president John Kemeny. Among other things, Kemeny's administration has brought women to Dartmouth, loosened certain academic requirements, vigorously recruited minorities, and removed constrictions on taking leaves of absence...
...UNITED STATES, the President, the public and Congress have rushed into draft registration. The move had scarcely a shred of military justification; its main impetus was a dangerous desire to "do something about the Russians." However, refusing to register is a drastic step, one not justified by the actual magnitude...