Word: politicization
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Nathan M. Pusey, LL.D., president of Harvard University. Striving to narrow the breach between the intellectual com munity and the body politic.
"Get out of Viet Nam!" they cry, ignoring the how and when. No matter that power and politics are vital necessities in a troubled world. As they see it, the U.S. is evil if it uses violence-even to combat violence. Dropouts from the body politic-to say nothing of...
Senate Pitfalls. Naturally, every President must consider whether the nominee is truly able and whether he will please key groups in the body politic. The nomination must enhance presidential prestige, win instant legal applause-and, occasionally, satisfy precedents established by earlier Chief Executives. The court now has a "Jewish seat...
The joint-appointment scheme represents an attempt to maintain a liason with established departments. Biochemists will, after all, be using laboratory facilities of the Biology and Chemistry Department. It may also have seemed politic to compromise with critics who fear that the Biology and Chemistry Department will lose some of...
Byrd's machine stubbornly retained the poll tax to discourage voter registration; in 1961, only 17% of Virginia's voting-age population cast ballots in the gubernatorial election. The Organization-once described as "a molecular attraction of 18th century thinkers"-could never adjust to the complex needs of...