Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although all freshmen are assigned to their houses by lottery, the transfer process varies widely from house to house. Mather, for example, uses a "blind" method; Eliot and Lowell use what Neer called a "more personal" system of mandatory interviews...
...Washington, he encouraged them to fight for their ideas, even against each other. To the despair of those who believed in official channels and hierarchies, Roosevelt constantly called in special advisers and experts to suggest new and sometimes contradictory approaches. And he always remained ready to experiment. "Take a method and try it," he said. "If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something...
Unless the Japanese open their markets to U.S. businessmen, pressure for severe restrictions on Japanese exports will grow. Senator John Danforth of Missouri is already drafting legislation that would cut Japanese access to the U.S. market if Tokyo does not reduce its barriers. Said Danforth: "To date, our method of dealing with the Japanese has been to complain, and the complaints have had only marginal success. I think Congress is going to establish a mechanism that will provide reciprocity in trade...
BOTH IN DOMESTIC and in international affairs, then, this administration provides a vexing problem for its opportunism of method with seeming consistency of aim. Reagan has thus far stuck to his guns and has dispelled many doubts with his adroit sense of humor. He remains, in most respects the same politician who appealed to the Republican convention to bow its collective head in prayer, and his policies will require an extraordinary and unlikely collective act of faith. The Democrats and the media, however, have been unable to expose the crudeness of Reagan's means or the injustice of his ends...
...enfranchise millions of blacks and elect thousands of black officials. The Justice Department has said that it would like to find a way to overturn a Supreme Court decision allowing companies to set up voluntary affirmative action quotas for minorities and that it will not pursue busing as a method of desegregating schools...