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Other problems arose to turn Cabinetmaking into a complicated jigsaw puzzle. Reagan clearly wanted to select experienced people, but hard-line conservatives like North Carolina's Jesse Helms opposed having too many "retreads" from the Nixon and Ford Administrations. An added complication was the fact that Reagan intends to govern largely through an executive committee, an "inner circle" of six or so senior Cabinet officers, plus, on appropriate occasions, the directors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who's In? Who's Out? | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...system requires that the council choose 15 members from a group of self-nominees that would decide which five members' names would be forwarded to the Committee on Housing and Undergraduate Life (CHUL). CHUL would then select the freshman representative...

Author: By Rosalyn E. Jones, | Title: Freshmen, Adams Suspend CRR Vote | 12/11/1980 | See Source »

...friends and old ways are helping Reagan select his Cabinet

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Choosing for the Chairman | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...labor in the final assembly of autos will be replaced by automation. In the same year, "scene analysis" will provide enough feedback for robots to select parts scrambled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Robot Revolution | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...impressed by the argument that the pass/fail option would encourage students to select more challenging and intellectually demanding Core courses. In each area of the Core, certain courses will be perceived by a given student as riskier than others. Students who feel obliged to maintain the highest possible grade-point average are tempted to satisfy Core requirements by taking what they perceive to be the safest courses. The pass/fail option would reduce the risk involved in taking a course that treads on unfamiliar ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pass/Fail | 12/4/1980 | See Source »

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