Word: option
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hampshire finally rid the state constitution of a pre-Civil War section giving draftees the option of buying their way out of military service; because the Federal Government has long since taken over the draft, the section was meaningless anyway...
...that were not enough, Curtis management is also embroiled in a suit brought by a minority stockholder who has charged that stock-option plans and some top management salaries are an illegal waste of company assets. Until the suit is settled, Curtis executives cannot exercise their options...
...walkout? Reuther gained the same 57?-an-hour package that Ford and Chrysler had given him in September, plus three small concessions. The company promised to put extra men on the production line at times when the work load becomes unusually heavy, loosely agreed to give some men the option to turn down overtime (for which they are paid time and a half) and, more important, agreed that union committeemen, who are paid by the company for 40 hours a week, can devote 25 hours exclusively to union business instead of the present 15. It all amounted to a settlement...
...findings could be used either to support or oppose "specialization" in Gen Ed. Moreover (and perhaps more damning), the Doty Committee does not discuss the meaning of its oft-used phrase, "the better prepared student." This is a critical failure, since this student is the one for whom the option of a General Education in depth is being created. But the Report never describes in what sense the student is "prepared." It does not say whether he might, in fact, be exempted from Gen Ed requirements...
...overcrowding has also made it somewhat more difficult for juniors and seniors to do independent work in history. The Department, which does not grant Independent Study, occasionally permits students to take History 98 instead. The shortage of tutors will close this option to most applicants...