Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, will take over Bill Porter's role as meeter, greeter and all-purpose paper hanger in the Saigon embassy. A blond, burly classmate (Yale Law, '40) of such notables as Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Potter Stewart and Poverty Potentate Sargent Shriver, Locke was a Navy gunnery officer during World War II; his ship landed a Marine force in the Solomons led by Lieut. Colonel Victor ("Brute") Krulak-now Marine commander i.i the Pacific. During his nine-month stint in Rawalpindi, Locke skillfully reassured President Mohammed Ayub Khan of continued American interest...
...discussing methods of community organization, Alinsky repeated an earlier statement that the federal government's War On Poverty is an example of "political pornography." He said that Sargent Shriver has a "zoo-keeper mentality," desiring not to help Negroes in ghettos, but to keep them quiet...
Still equipped with its four-wheel drive, the Jeep appeals to the outdoors-minded (notable Jeepniks: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey and Sargent Shriver), who rig it for such chores as plowing snow or use it for wheeling around a ranch. Recently, however, despite frequent refinements and the introduction of the station wagon and light-truck Jeeps, Kaiser's grip on the domestic market has been weakened by a couple of upstart Jeep-style sports models: International Harvester's Scout and Ford's Bronco. Moreover, the profit margin on sales to the military, still a large chunk...
...Ames-Quinn bill--which actually is in the form of a petition to the General Court by Sargent Kennedy '28, secretary to the corporation -- is designed to end even this. The bill asks the legislature to shift the power of determining who may vote in Overseers' elections from the General Court to the University...
...analysis carried out in the 1950's by the Subcommittee on Low Income Families of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report. This attachment to research and evaluation was carried over into the operations of the Office of Economic Opportunity itself under the courageous and forceful leadership of Mr. Sargent Shriver. Surely one of the most attractive products of this process was Project Head Start. It was begun on the basis of good research information, and proceeded to research itself...