Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Those whose Administration-support level has been in excess of 80%, regardless of the marginality of their races...
...that Holloway feels will be needed at the end of the century is a question that will be heatedly debated by Congress in the weeks ahead. To reach the Navy's goal would require spending about $5 billion extra annually. Even bringing the fleet up to the more modest level of 500 ships, which the Administration believes should be sufficient, would cost about $500 million a year more than Carter has requested...
Instructors are having some special problems. Observes a training officer at Great Lakes: "The reading level of our recruits is often below third grade. That means the sailor can't even read a warning sign on a ship's boiler room." One reason for low levels: creation of the all-volunteer military has removed the threat of being drafted into the Army, which was for years an incentive for youths to join the Navy. This means a growing number of the Navy's recruits are young men seeking cheap vocational training or an escape from some social...
...Level Two come next spring, that is a definite possibility. The softball team did get some money from the Athletic Department this year, so all that remains for official status is constant lobbying over at 60 Boylston...
...buffoonery is nicely balanced by a moment now and then of seriousness, and any critical comments about the acting would be unjustifiable. Giles Havergal, a true professional brought over from Scotland, ably directed the show, and the cast seems to have had no trouble coming up to his level...