Word: staffs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chances. A painfully shy man. Haynsworth has kept to himself since his return from Washington. He spent most of last week in his office, where his staff protected him from visitors as he tried to catch up on his work and read the hundreds of letters he has received since President Nixon first submitted his nomination. He returns home each day to lunch with his wife, who calls herself his "home secretary," and to tend his camellias. Haynsworth has let his private-pilot's license lapse for want of time to pursue that hobby. His hunting days are over...
...three occasions in 1963, Atlanta Lawyer Robert B. Troutman Jr. spoke to his friend, President John F. Kennedy, about a matter of interest to the Southern Railway Co. As a result, Kennedy asked his staff to discuss the case with the Justice Department, which decided to support the company in a suit against the Interstate Commerce Commission. Eventually the ICC withdrew an order concerning Southern's grain freight rates that the company believed was not in the public interest...
...Center staff will also try to spread the results of its research as broadly as possible, Kirp said. A bulletin, "Inequality and Education," will be issued six times a year. It will be sent free to people directly involved in education, including community action programs and state and city school committees...
...next question was about the DAS. To dispense quickly with categories, the Center divides its work into three parts: the research program of the Center staff and Faculty, the Fellows program, and the Development Advisory Service. Each will be dealt with more patience below. I just want to suggest the flavor of the conversation...
...were struck by the contrast between the relative profusion of departmental consultative provisions at the graduate level and the dearth of formal arrangements for consultation with undergraduates. It should be borne in mind, however, that a substantial amount of informal communication does take place between undergraduates and the teaching staff. Tutors and teaching fellows often are in close touch with undergraduates and contribute to a departmental awareness of student grievances and needs. From time to time, undergraduate groups have not hesitated to voice their criticism of courses, teaching, and departmental requirements. In recent years, as we noted earlier, the departmental...