Word: levels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...degenerate into bureaucracies, stiff with habit and overloaded with deadwood; it is difficult, for instance, to fire a philanthropist for backing a poor horse. Soon after taking over the presidency of the Ford Foundation in 1966, McGeorge Bundy declared his conviction that periodic personnel turnover at the disbursement level was probably a good foundation practice...
...Outs. To keep tabs on his countrymen, Castro has created a spiderweb of security organizations that reaches all the way down to the neighborhood and block level, where special "people's courts" are set up to try offenders. In school, students are trained to be good spies as well as good Communists. They learn their arithmetic with "socialist distribution" problems, study geography in terms of "friendly" and "enemy" nations, and still learn to chant praises of what Castro had hoped to create in Latin America: "One, two, three Viet Nams...
...create new ones. As the intensity of the war escalates, the SSS appears to expect a similar increase in its own power. The recent hyperactivity of the organization has attracted unprecedented criticism from many quarters, and, quite understandably, repercussions from its actions have been felt on almost every level of college life...
Because of the power the SSS was given decades ago, it is well equipped to deal with "trouble" now. Its power to discriminate against whom it pleases is evident on the local board level. "That there is significant opportunity for local board members to discriminate is demonstrable," says the ACLU. "Specifically, the great discretion of local boards lies in their power to determine (1) classifications and (2) procedures." In some parts of the south, where draft boards have systematically excluded Negroes from draft boards, this discrimination, primarily against civil rights workers, has been the most blatant...
...first eight players as the best team he has had in his four seasons as freshman coach. But knowledgeable Harvard basketball fans must still be convinced of the team's individual talent. In past years, Harvard's Yardling stars somehow blew their cool when they reached the varsity level of competition. Still, this year's freshman team contains some exciting prospects...