Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Attempted "new approaches" to the surging neutralist nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America, but failed-over the short run-to convince them that there could be no neutralism in a universal struggle, was less effective in handling crises in which Communism was not directly involved, e.g., his blow-hot, blow-cold performance on U.S. help for Egypt's Aswan...
...delegations rose from 19 to 25 (with 27 for the class of '60). Although public schools contributed more to '62 than to previous classes, there were more public schools in the running than before. As the standard of secondary school preparation goes up, the individual student can count less on an average high school education to "get him in" to Harvard. Even if he goes to one of the top-flight high schools in the country, he will probably get lost in the shuffle unless he is a proven student or an all-round "outstanding...
...predicted rank list and the test scores are an accurate measure of academic ability, they do not exist in a vacuum. They are even less 'fair' measures of basic intelligence than an I.Q. test. Richard King emphasizes the fact that "performance in school, on tests, in activities is directly related to the socio-economic status of parents." Thus, as Harvard gets more selective, the applicant from the depressed area gets passed over. Not only is the poor boy not likely to apply, King points out, but he is not likely to compete well "on paper" with his richer, better...
...large (19 per cent) number of Harvard sons in the Class of '61. "Clearly considerable weight has been placed on Harvard parentage by the Admissions Committee, more weight than some will think is proper.... The fact is that the Harvard-son group is, academically at least, somewhat less able than the admissible candidate group as a whole, so that preference given to Harvard sons is greater than would appear from the above figures...
...group as a whole is less able, it is often because alumni are the least realistic about their sons' chances for admission, and burden the Harvard admissions committee with applications which have been filed over the protests of the school's guidance officer. "We try to be good to Harvard," says Wesley G. Spencer at Brown and Nichols, "We're not always successful. There are always some alumni who think they have an inside track with the admissions committee and will apply anyway...