Word: selections
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Dwight Eisenhower reached past nine senior generals in August of 1959 to select David Monroe Shoup as commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, no one was more surprised than Shoup himself...
...lasting and individual effects on its students' values, personality, or goals. Philip Jacob, in Changing Values in College, concluded that ten colleges, including Harvard, did affect students appreciably, but the book, which infuriated partisans of many institutions, raised a very serious question whether the differences between the select ten were of any basic educational significance...
Stocking a family shelter presents little or no problem to the man with a small measure of ingenuity. There are the obvious things like civil defense instruction material (several volumes), a large pail for "human waste," candles (for birthdays), and a calendar (for marking birthdays?) Next comes food. "Select familiar foods (they are more heartening and acceptable during times of stress)." For example, "peanut butter and jellies with crackers...
...most of these items the U.S. tariff now is lower than the European; for example, the U.S. duty on iron and steel products is 8%, while the Europeans charge an average 10%. President Kennedy will also seek authority to cut tariffs by 50% on products not included on the select list...
...Eliot and Dunster House Committees have not yet appointed their representatives. The Dunster group has also postponed the election of the House's other representative to give the House members more time to consider the candidates. Winthrop House has also failed to select any representatives...