Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...take extensive series of photographs. Although the U.S. had been picking up bits of information about the presence of Soviet combat troops on the island for at least three years, the fragmentary data did not appear conclusive. One problem was that developments inside Cuba were assigned a relatively low priority by the intelligence community; it was much more concerned, for example, with what Cuban troops have been doing in Africa...
...least ten years ago that U.S. intelligence first got an inkling that a Soviet combat unit might possibly be in Cuba. But the nation was embroiled in the Viet Nam War, and intelligence was largely focused on Southeast Asia; Cuba had low priority. After the war, intelligence operations were reassigned both in the field and in Washington, where it takes many people and much equipment to sort out incoming information. Cuba watching was increased, but not significantly. Even so, evidence emerged confirming the presence of a mysteriously active Soviet headquarters...
...Harvard Police Association, representing the 43 uniformed officers, successfully used the all-time low police morale as a major bargaining chip in their prolonged contract talks. This year promises to be different; the changes once viewed as the machinations of one police chief are now firmly embeded institutional realities, morale is better, a new police chief has ushered in many of the extralegal union demands made three years ago. And with a full-fledged recession in gear and spiraling inflation, this is simply not a good year for extracting more than 7 per cent wage hikes and better benefits...
...University hired a police management specialist to investigate the problem. John T. Howland, executive director of the Institute of Public Service Management, concluded in his report of the University police that the union correctly cited some of the reasons for low morale and recommended that the police take steps to correct the situation, including establishing a better promotion system, increasing internal communication, and providing greater access to job advancement and training programs...
Most of these hopefuls still have to take that one-year requirement. Though they try to persuade Kenneth T. Dinklage, psychologist to UHS, that their low aptitude and hatred of languages constitutes a psychological barrier they cannot possibly surmount, Dinklage generally tells them politely that they are stuck. These several hundred students who have no physical reason for doing poorly in language courses "are the real victims," Dinklage says. "Those that have an identifiable disability get a waiver...