Word: standards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hackett obliterated the one-year-old Blodgett pool record in his specialty, the 1000-yd. freestyle, outdistancing the rest of the field by at least two laps while clipping nearly 30 seconds from the old standard. The Yonkers, N.Y. native's time (9:08.31) is the second fastest recorded in the country this year, surpassed only by his own 9:05 effort last week against Navy...
...made of potential skills and capacities of all peoples who make up the population of South Africa. And this calls for more widespread education so that leadership and ability can develop in all sections of the community, and the non-European must have the opportunity to improve his standard of living, if he is to be encouraged to work alongside the European." Mr. Croft further reported that The New York Times quoted Engelhard as saying: "South Africa, for world acceptance, must begin to realize the dignity of man as a basic concept...
Cults can differ considerably in their demands and discipline; not all indulge in coercion or violence. Still, many conform to a standard pattern of behavior. Once a recruit is drawn into a cult-adherents prefer to call it a sect or denomination-its message is incessantly drummed in. The novice is seldom left alone, a prey to random thoughts. Ties are severed with his past life; communications with family and friends may be eliminated altogether, a process that critics regard as "programming" or "brainwashing." Says Kelley: "These movements divide families, split communities, create tension and friction and turmoil. They...
...that he may have uncovered a Kremlin-backed plot against him. Whatever the cause, Ceauşescu's performance has been popular in Rumania, which probably cannot divert more resources to its military without further straining a weak economy that already produces the East bloc's lowest standard of living...
...questions of who should pick federal judges and how merit should be made the standard have never been as hotly debated or as important as now. Last October Congress passed the Omnibus Judgeship Act, creating 152 new federal judgeships, the largest one-shot increase ever. Given normal turnover on the bench, half of the nation's 643 federal appeals and district judges will owe their jobs to Carter by the end of his term in 1980. Says Leonard Janofsky, American Bar Association president-elect: "No modern American President has had such an opportunity to mold the shape and character...