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Word: performance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Keith Sedlacek continued to perform brilliantly, but for Harvard's basketball team all the dreams of glory died this weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia, Cornell Whip Varsity Basketball Team | 2/8/1965 | See Source »

...William) Marvin Watson, 40, assistant to the president of Dallas' Lone Star Steel Co., chairman of the Texas State Democratic Com mittee, and skilled political organizer who helped in the President's election campaign. As all-round administrative assistant, Watson will get $28,500 a year, will perform liaison work with Governors, and in effect will take over the official duties once performed by former Aide Walter Jenkins. Said President Johnson of Watson recently: "Marvin is as wise as my father, gentle as my mother, and loyal to my side as Lady Bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: New Titles | 2/5/1965 | See Source »

...first thing an effective student government must be able to do--a function recent so-called "governments" have conspicuously failed to perform--is present the demands of the students. For instance, for more powerful light bulbs over the toilets in Lamont...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: My Plan for Student Government (and World Power) | 2/1/1965 | See Source »

Then, and this is an entirely distinct function, a student government must be able to represent student opinion. In response to the question, "What jobs do you think a student government ought to perform?.", seven randomly selected CRIMSON editors gave no answer, and one randomly selected Lampoon editor cried, "Down with the CRIMSON...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: My Plan for Student Government (and World Power) | 2/1/1965 | See Source »

...them. And although the U.S. has always provided an outstanding education to some, the wave of reform has given a better education to all. Says Carnegie Corporation President John Gardner, chairman of the presidential task force on educational goals: "Gifted and non-gifted students are being challenged to perform closer to the limit of their abilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: On the Fringe of a Golden Era | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

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