Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...operated a little more efficiently." Davey Jones not only survived that trip, but he has functioned so efficiently ever since that last week he was named by President Jimmy Carter to become the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In an otherwise routine shift of three top-level military commands, Jones, 56, and the Air Force won an unexpected victory by gaining the two-year appointment to the nation's highest uniformed post at a time when traditional rotation policy would have turned it over to the Army. Jones will succeed another Air Force general, the controversial...
...Carter administration yesterday revealed a plan to create a new Department of Education with a special cabinet level post to ensure greater coordination between federal programs and direct access for educators to the President...
...Bailey said, "Education has paid the price for not having cabinet-level backing." He added, "In the HEW the 'H' and the 'W' have it all over...
...United States has traditionall regarded education as a state and local affair, but in recent years a multi-billion dollar federal education budget and a widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of education in America have created intense pressure in Washington to give education cabinet-level importance, Bailey said...
...between the student and Harvard is not considered a major factor by admissions officers, but Archie C. Epps III, dean of students and a member of the admissions committee, says, "Given that a student has achieved a general level of overall excellence, we are concerned with whether there is a place at Harvard to hang...