Word: reorder
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...statement of support this morning, Galbraith, who is chairman of the Harvard Students for McGovern, will say, "No other man can challenge Senator McGovern's leadership in the battle to reorder our present distorted priorities. No other candidate, actual or potential, has his record of steadfast opposition to the Indochina...
...battle today is not between children and parents; the battle is between society on one side and families on the other, and we've got to reorder things so that human values can again get some recognition. I have a great deal of sympathy for the anger and frustration that are reflected in the Women's Liberation movement. Not only are women discriminated against in the so-called man's world, but they have now been deprived of prestige in their role as women. It used to be that a mother would get recognition in her neighborhood...
...equally commendable alternative exists for Americans: reorder your priorities and leave the din of urban existence. I trust that nature will at least tolerate her prodigal...
They have a tough job on their hands. Some workers actively sabotage efficiency. A New Jersey-based oil company, for instance, once installed a $750,000 computer system to keep track of inventory and automatically reorder supplies. Within a few months the company was inundated by unneeded pipes, parts and paper. The reason, one manager recalls, was that "every foreman saw the system as detracting from his authority and adding more red tape. The foremen, I suspect, began faking shortages so the computer would reorder." The computer system was junked...
...those times is now. Seldom before have so many groups of students organized so militantly or seemed to try so hard to reorder their colleges, their countries or the world at large. It is the biggest year for students since 1848-a year of student-led revolution in Europe...