Word: select
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Parliamentary anti-royalists were unhappy about that. Said Laborite M.P. Willie Hamilton, Commons' most vigorous monarchy baiter: "If any of the increase goes to Margaret, there will be nationwide outrage." Hamilton demanded that each of the royals on the civil list be haled before a parliamentary select committee to justify the stipends...
...instructs the jury on how it should weigh what it has heard. In the news-gathering process, the press is both prosecutor and sole judge of its own activities-answerable in advance of publication to no one (though it can be sued once the story is out), free to select or disregard evidence as it pleases, free to omit counterclaims, to minimize rebuttals. Such absence of prior restraint is essential to a free press, but the press at least should recognize that it enjoys more unchecked advantages than a courtroom adversary, and therefore incurs some obligations...
Admissions officers say about one-half the applicant pool is clearly admissible. They rely on what admissions officers call the "tip factor"--a special advantage from the rest of the group--to select the final 2100 students...
...proposal, which "forgives" graduates earning below $15,000 a year of up to 50 per cent of their loans while extending the time in which an alumnus must repay the remainder, is only a first step. While it does free students somewhat to select a career in a low-income field, the proposal leaves major barriers intact. Even with the "forgiveness" policy, a graduate could owe the Law School $7000-$8000--more than half the yearly income of those for whom the proposal is designed...
...maximizing individual student potential and providing a liberal education. Several proposals before the Faculty attempt to do this. The plan proposed by William H. Bossert '59, McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics, would insure that each student is fully proficient in two separate areas of study, thus allowing students to select their own interests and eliminating narrow pre-professionalism. Frederick H. Abernathy, McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has proposed a plan that would offer students the guidance of the Core without depriving them of the freedom to design their own curriculum. Other Faculty suggestions include expanding the counseling program, providing more...