Word: merit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contention that for every "bomb designed" you will find a potential solution to an energy problem; for every "crackpot" you will find a good friend; for every "racial slur" you will find a rewarding cultural exchange; for every high school "loadie" you will find a National Merit Scholar; for every teen-age beer bust you will find a complete absence of major crime; and for every "psychologically abused child" you will find many who are hugged like Teddy bears...
Jimmy Carter has not encouraged confidence in the census. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which was passed with his active support, extended the merit system for the selection of Government workers. But Carter is allowing local Democratic organizations to recommend a large number of the 275,000 census takers. "We will ask Democratic politicians for lists of recruits, but not Republicans," says Barabba, who happens to be a Republican. Appointed originally by President Richard Nixon, he served as census director from 1973 to 1976, and was renamed to the job last June. Barabba defends the 1980 hiring process...