Word: paye
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...soon alter its fundamental doctrines. Pompidou is by no means unfriendly to the U.S. He said last week: "I have always been conscious of the ties of Franco-American friendship, which are as much a matter of the heart as they are of good sense. Perhaps we should pay more attention to the good sense." He believes that relations between the U.S. and France are improving and adds: "I hope to continue to work in this direction...
Despite its impressive accomplishments and imposing title, the center has surprisingly modest resources. Besides the OEO grant, it gets some money from foundations-used mostly to pay staggering travel expenses. It is housed in a refurbished Columbia University apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and its full-time professional staff is composed of only eight young lawyers (average age 28). All could be getting good salaries on Wall Street, but they agree with Director Albert when he says: "I wanted to do something relevant." Albert, who earns $17,000 a year, went to Yale Law School, clerked...
...five Fellows--their chief responsibility I'd say is to make sure that the institution is properly staffed and that it's possible for the institution to pay its bills...
...course Wolfe must pay a price for such dexterity. Since every character he recreates speaks with an equal force, the author's particular vantage point remains frustratingly ambiguous. In only one section of The Acid Test--a digression on the Rat aesthetic of the Southwest--does Wolfe permit himself to be unequivocally "satirical." Most of the time, he is simply too busy loving what he criticizes to be really vindictive...
...important proposal Calkins made in his year with PACE was probably a tax-reform study he made in early 1965. The city schools' fundamental financial problem was clear: the Cleveland school district had a lower tax base to draw from than the suburban schools did, and Cleveland had to pay more of its tax-base revenue for police and firemen. There was simply too little money left over to support any kind of adequate city school system...