Word: maintains
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Just before Christmas, the leadership crisis was finally tossed to the party's Central Committee. Novotný and his followers futilely tried to stall the inevitable with a filibuster, reportedly attempted to manipulate the militia to help maintain him in authority. Professor Ota Sik, 48, whose new economic model for Czechoslovakia (TIME, Nov. 11, 1966) fell victim to Novotný's apparatchiki, rose before the plenum and made particularly strong denunciations of the old guard-until he was hospitalized with the grippe. By the end of that week, the question was not longer whether Novotný would remain...
...motion backed by the Ivies called for the elimination of the 1.6 ruling. The regulation requires a student to predict a 1.6 grade point average or better (on a 4.0 scale) upon entering college and maintain it in order to participate in NCAA-sanctioned sports events or hold a scholarship...
Because not all decisions affect students to the same extent, and because various issues require different types of experience and training, it would be unwise to maintain the same student-faculty ratio on all committees. In fact, the ratio could vary between the policy decisions (which should always include student opinion) and the day-to-day operation of any one committee. The Admissions Committee, for example, should have student members when deciding policy issues, but would probably require an in-ordinate amount of time from any student attempting to participate in the entire admissions process. To illustrate the manner...
...slackening in the trend toward union among the nation's seminaries. This month, sev en schools in the Boston area* an nounced the creation of the Boston Theological Institute, which in effect is nothing less than an interdenominational theological university. Although the seven member schools will maintain their individual identity, students at any one of the seminaries will be able to en roll in courses at the other six. By pooling their resources, the institutions, which have a total enrollment of 1,500, will be able to offer students a joint catalogue containing 918 courses, the services...
...world's bullion dealings. The pool appeared most likely to: - Ban gold trading on credit, a measure designed to dampen speculative buying by those who would rather not spend cash for outright purchases. >Forbid purchases on a future-delivery basis. Because of the U.S. pledge to maintain the price of gold at $35 an ounce, such transactions have meant virtually no risk for buyers, since there is a floor below which gold presumably will not drop...