Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...labors, the tedious accumulation and evaluation of infinite quantities of minutiae, have more in common with IBM's 360 than with Ian Fleming's 007. The task demands high intelligence as well as patience. A State Department veteran once said: "You'll find more liberal intellectuals per square inch at CIA than anywhere else in the Government." Indeed, the agency is staffed from top to bottom with some of the nation's best qualified experts; 30% have Ph.Ds. They are linguists, economists, cartographers, psychiatrists, agronomists, chemists, even anthropologists and foresters. CIA experts, it is said, could...
...problem of "deadwood membership" is a perennial one for the Freshman Council. Fifty per cent participation of members is standard. But the measures now being taken to discourage inactivity are unprecedented in recent years...
...results were surprising enough to touch off a public debate. "The streets of downtown Boston are a treeless wasteland," began a story at the top of the Globe's front page. The Parks Department had to admit it had no idea how bad the situation was. Almost 75 per cent of the city's streets had no shade...
...even a psychedelic light show-dance happening. Instead, the House Committee sponsors a movie series which includes such favorites as Bad Day at Black Rock and The Americanization of Emily. Even the number of preppies has been vastly exaggerated. Of the juniors and seniors in Eliot House 47 per cent come from private schools, compared to 40 per cent for the College as a whole...
...Harvard, presentation of a coupon at the door is insufficient for admission. Only for the two big football games each year does a student have to exchange his coupon beforehand for a ticket, but they are assured sellouts, and seating poses a problem that doesn't exist for 89 per cent of the hockey games...