Word: poole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason why so much power is kept in imperial hands is that Iran has a dangerously small pool of trusted technocrats capable of running the country. The armed forces, which have a lavish pay scale matching those of most corporations, constantly vie with private industry for talent. Universities have room for only one of every ten hopeful students who apply. The Shah's immediate circle of advisers is also surprisingly small. Among them are Premier Hoveida, 54, a dapper man who has held his job nine years; Hushang Ansary, 46, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance; Amir Assadullah Alam...
Clearly, the effect on educational resources under the projected circumstances--an expanding undergraduate body, a contracting pool of graduate student instructors--will be to put a squeeze on those resources...
Affirmative action guidelines require that an employer solicit a wide pool of applicants and encourage women and minority group members to apply. The employer is then free to choose the most highly qualified candidate for the position. The program relies upon the "good faith" of the employer to insure each applicant equal consideration...
...than in other states. Better, for instance, than on the eastern seaboard. This doesn't make that fate any better. Interstate migrancy has diminished due partly to mechanization, and partly to other forms of labor exploitation such as day-haul programs, which make it possible to tap the large pool of unemployed in the cities. In any case, being a seasonal laborer, migrant or non-migrant, means dangerous work (farm work is the third most dangerous occupation in California), low wages, abysmally low yearly incomes, unemployment and poor or nonexistent housing...
...regents enough, though he did win some respect with his largely unsuccessful efforts to raise faculty salaries-while the regents were spending $27 million for a new basketball arena, $11 million to enlarge the football stadium's seating capacity and $6.6 million for a swimming pool...