Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They are likely to be much more successful in the future than they have been so far. It is fair to expect new efforts at bipartisanship and more consultation with the Senate Committee, no matter whether a weakened Dulles remains or a new and less experienced man replaces him. Many observers feel conditions now are ripe for a return to the type of collaboration between Congress and the executive branch that flourished when Senator Vandenberg was involved in the planning and presentation of Democratic policies on Europe. The retirement of Secretary Dulles may well aid this process, since much...
...Senate cannot provide the leadership, it is perfectly clear where it must come from, although much less clear whether it will. The President has already stated that he cannot devote any more of his limited time and energy to problems of foreign policy. Until he or one of his subordinates does devote the energy necessary to develop and implement a workable strategy for foreign relations it remains dubious whether anyone else can provide the West with firm leadership...
...life of the average undergraduate today with 40 years ago, I think that he spends a larger part of the total day on studies and does a much better job. (Incidentally, census figures show a very large rise in the percentage of students on the labor market.) He is less interested in the spectacular sports and participates to a greater degree in sports. He is much more interested in the visual arts and, certainly as compared to the thirties' much less interested in politics. On the whole, I would say he makes better use of his time than a generation...
...agree that it would be better for the future business and professional man if he spent less time on studies: If he did, he would get less out of college and be less successful. President Lowell, many years ago, showed a high correlation of academic achievement and later success. A few years ago I studied this problem and found that a few hundred summas and high magna students in economics over 30 years had achieved much more than other Harvard graduates...
...should also raise some statistical questions here. In general a Ph. D. does not necessarily lead to teaching As a matter of fact, in the last few years less than 50 per cent of the Ph. D.'s have gone into teaching, and in one field, chemistry, about one-quarter went into teaching...