Word: protectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secret is liquid air-a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen supercooled to - 318°F. It is pumped into vacuum-insulated Dewar tanks, sophisticated thermos bottles that protect the icy liquid from the warmth of the surrounding water and at the same time keep the diver's back and shoulders from freezing. From the tanks, the liquid air is piped through warming coils that heat it until it expands into breathable gas. Only hazard: since liquid air allows the diver to stay under far longer, he must surface slowly, in stages, to avoid the bends...
...extent that it must extend beyond its natural constituency (alumni of the school and interested friends). Reynolds has the President's authority to give a dean the go-ahead signal on soliciting an important individual or corporation, and he and Pusey frequently prevent overlapping requests. "We must protect our donors from multiple assaults," says Pusey...
...University, they determine what areas deserve the priority of a formal drive, what will be its goals, and who should head the campaign. Individuals on the Corporation often serve on campaign committees. The President, of course, is the University's best solicitor; his development assistants try to protect him for that very reason. When it is important, he will talk with the potential donor. The Development Office may ask him perhaps 10 times a year to speak to a party, and Pusey on his own initiative may talk to a dozen people about specific needs. Anyone contributing over...
...representation on faculty committees, Dean Sizer recommended that students sit on the Library and the Lectures and Publications Committees. Some students were still dissatisfied with this arrangement. They wanted a say in curriculum changes, and therefore wanted to be seated on the Faculty Committee on Academic Policy. (FCAP) To protect their exclusion, they formed a "mirror" student committee to study the problems and to exert some student influence on the FCAP...
...expulsion requires two thirds and seems intended to allow members to deal with a colleague who has acted wrongly once elected. The power of expulsion is lumped together in the Constitution with each chamber's right to "punish its members for disorderly behavior," suggesting that it is intended to protect the regular operation of each session of Congress rather than to impose any moral judgments. Hence the lack of specified grounds for expulsion...