Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This cataract of criticism is aimed at an idealistic program without precedent in hope or scope. In less than two years the assault on poverty has cost $2.3 billion, directly reached 3,000,000 of the poor, and generated a spectrum of social-welfare commitments unmatched by any previous Administration in U.S. history. It was first envisioned by John F. Kennedy, who set the crusade in motion six months before his assassination, convinced by a spate of studies that the U.S., for all its easy affluence, still harbored stubborn depths of deprivation and despair...
...Committee's action reflects a decision, at long last, regarding the basic feasibility of the antimissile system. But the scope of that system remains in question. Though the purpose of the U.S. ICBM missile system is ostensibly defensive rather than offensive, this country has at present no anti-missile defense system. We have depended, since the beginning of the nuclear race, on the threat of retalliation to deter potential aggression. Both the U.S. and the USSR have relied on increasing offensive capacity to cause nuclear stalemate. Defensive systems such as Nike-X have been considered useless in view of bipolar...
...scope of the system, however, is of crucial importance. Deployment of Nike-X in a large scale $30 billion system would undoubtedly cause the Russians to develop new offensive and defensive systems to match ours--perhaps even perfecting an ICBM capable of circumventing anti-missile missiles. These "advances" would conceivably make the Nike-X system obsolete before it is even finished...
...newsmagazines are catching on fast in most European countries, but not in England, where several newspapers are not only national, but also have big Sunday supplements of wide scope covering all subjects. European newsmagazines are often criticized for lack of depth and commitment and for carrying too much advertising. "But now the ideological wars are over," says Servan-Schreiber. "Europe has been depoliticized. Opinion not founded on fact has no impact any more. Ours is the new journalism...
...been long overdue; most students are simply not adequately prepared to profit from this tutorial. The proposed sophomore tutorial program would be part of an expanded History 98, a detailed examination of the student's field of specialization. However, the Department would be wise to see that the scope of the sophomore material is broad enough to allow students to switch from one area to another at the beginning of junior year without too much difficulty...