Word: marshals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policy, far more common are the groups whose mandate involves little more than permission to complain. The power of the purse notwithstanding, the central student governments at these schools lack formal power, so their influence derives mostly from their ability to persuade, to do superior research and to marshal and publicize student support...
...London, retired Field Marshal Sir Richard Michael Power Carver, Britain's newly appointed proconsul for Rhodesia, prepared to fly to Salisbury this week. His mission: to secure, if possible, an actual cease-fire agreement, which is the first step in a British-American peace plan that calls for new elections and transition to rule by the country's black majority...
...Arson is a barometer of urban decay," says New York City Deputy Chief Fire Marshal John Barracato, "and most city fathers are ashamed to admit they have this problem." But the ruinous dimensions cannot be hidden. In New York City's South Bronx, where Jimmy Carter took an impromptu walking tour earlier this month, there have been more than 7,000 fires in the past two years. "The destruction is reminiscent of the bombed-out cities in Europe," says Bronx District Attorney Mario Merola, who was a navigator in World War II. Chicago's Humboldt Park area...
Almost 800 seniors voted Monday to choose the eight Radcliffe and eight Harvard finalists who will appear on the Class Marshal ballot, Victor A. Koivumaki '68, of the Alumni Office, said yesterday...
Another thing affirmative action was never meant to entail is a reduction of admissions standards. There are numerous critics who argue that this has been its effect in practice. As of now, however, the only evidence these critics can marshal are comparisons of the renowned "numerical" admissions criteria--test score and grades. Yet it is becoming more and more clear to admissions officers that, affirmative action aside, the numerical statistics are only of limited value in determining a student's over-all qualifications and potential. Admissions officers have grown to appreciate more and more over the past decade that other...