Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that many people are already interested in India, and one sees the rather obvious necessity for some intermediate program until a center, can be established. This might consist of at least a couple of faculty members working on modern Indian history and government and also some special effort to obtain visiting lecturers on the region...
...order to obtain such a low rate of attrition, the selection process must be tough despite its lack of specificity. Applicants are selected initially on the basis of written applications and interviews. Using these, the Peace Corps selectors try to form a composite picture of each applicant. They examine his record for his intellectual capacity, his sense of community participation, tolerance and leadership potential. Any specific skills he has are important and will probably guarantee him his choice of assignments...
...surface, the voting constituencies established in the HCUA constitution do look like a fair attempt to obtain a group capable of representing the student community. What was really sought was a group of representative students, not "representatives" to speak for the masses. It was never intended that the HCUA would be able to express student opinion on the wide range of policy questions that face the University...
...Council meetings should be held infrequently, and only to consider major committee reports. The Seymour practice of weekly meetings has only exposed the Council to ridicule, wasted members' time, and encouraged the Council to embroil itself in trivia. The Council officers can more easily obtain small concessions and adjustments from the Administration without the publicity and wrangling that inevitably goes on in general meetings of the Council. Council meetings should be great debates, not great squabbles over procedure...
...agreement on the neutralization of all Vietnam, and the neutralization of the South alone could be a prelude to a Communist takeover. The United States need be under no illusion that neutrality by default will be a satisfactory solution, but at this date a satisfactory solution is impossible to obtain A negotiated end to the war, whether by the Vietnamese themselves or in conjunction with the major powers, will merely enable the U.S. to save some face, while averting the unpalatable alternatives of military defeat or full scade conflict...