Word: methods
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...more unfortunate aspects of the Core controversy was the method by which it was discussed and finally adopted. Harvard's administrators like to function in quiet, low-profile fashion, tinkering with the system but largely failing to consult the students who will be affected by their plans. True to form, the Core has arrived with a minimum of student input. It is strangely presumptuous--almost insulting--to ask undergraduates to buy the idea that a small number of Faculty members know enough about Harvard's problems to be able to suggest a replacement for Gen Ed. A Crimson poll...
Whatever the criteria are for the selection of players, it is not difficult to give an early assessment of the relative standing of an individual player. It is unfortunate that the athletes here, all intelligent people, are subjected to arbitrary and subjective decisions about receiving playing time. A method to improve the player selection process may be to have the players themselves pick the line-up on the basis of practice performance. This method ensures a sense of objectivity as the only criterion for selection is outstanding performance. While this may seem a bit drastic, the point to be emphasized...
...program will use the case method, studying examples like the Saturday Night Massacre, to promote discussion and analysis of the way different policymakers decide on national security issues, Johnston said...
...there are two further considerations involved in this unique and disturbing case. First is the method by which the Justice Department, in its apparent eagerness for a conviction, went about gathering evidence against the defendants: federal agents used various means of electronic surveillance--including wiretaps--all with President Carter's personal approval. Carter has thus taken hold of a power that should not be his to appropriate--executive use of wiretaps without a court order--and thereby violated the defendants' civil rights. The Carter Administration's use of Nixon-esque techniques to pursue "justice" is at the very least...
...area class agent plan, a system that organizes alumni fundraisers both regionally and according to their College class, is in operation. The network is now about 80--per-cent complete, and Clifton said there is a noticeable difference between the degree of success that classes adopting the new method show and those that are not yet organized in that fashion...