Word: performances
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That we had found productive work for those able to perform...
Vorenberg felt that although he had many strengths, the combination of his lack of recent trial experience and his position as an outsider to the Superior Court would hinder his ability to perform as chief justice, Taylor said...
...full confidence and support of and access to the President. That's the rationale for my leaving. I can well understand how somebody looking at me, with my varied past, which included partisan politics, would be less than certain at the outset that I would perform exactly the way a new Administration wanted. I was accused of [politicizing the agency] by some of the Senators when I came here, but I'd hope that my severest critics would concede that I've stayed the hell out of politics and been objective, as I said...
...tenth of 1 % of those who sought review deserted when their units were actually under fire). More than half (5,555) applied for and received undesirable discharges. They had the option of getting them changed to special "clemency" discharges if they completed their alternate work service. Many did not perform such work, since the distinction between the two types of discharges did not seem to them to be worth the effort. Another 660 deserters serving in military prisons were released. This leaves 4,560 deserters still at large, about half of them outside...
...skiing on artificial snow on just 2½ of its 50 runs. And in Colorado, where losses have mounted to $30 million, Senator Floyd Haskell has asked President Ford to declare a natural-disaster area. While awaiting official action, Vail Developer Peter Seibert hired local Ute Indians to perform a ritual snow dance. The results were negligible. Says Seibert: "We're getting a little snow, but it's just enough to cover up the cigarette butts...