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...biggest factors that tends to keep minorities away from academic careers seems to be a prevailing opinion that minorities should steer toward primary (treatment-oriented) medicine. Traditionally, minority students have felt pressured to return to their communities and help their people, Poussaint said, adding that medical faculties have therefore not generally considered them prospective future faculty...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Why Don't More Minorities Teach Here? Med Students and Faculty Discuss Why | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...President gets his own way all the time, or should. Democracy is a process of give and take. But a President who does have a clear sense of direction provides the steady compass by which policymakers can steer. He may have to trade off a dam here for a missile base there, or an agricultural subsidy for a few crucial treaty votes in the Senate. But there will at least be a basic consistency, and a conscious awareness of how and why he deliberately chooses to vary the course, to avoid this shoal or take advantage of that prevailing political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Two Ex-Presidents Assess the Job | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

Read up before you shell out--a little research might save you money and steer you away from a "lemon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHOPPING SMART | 11/7/1980 | See Source »

Carter has generally tried to steer a conservative course, a rare and difficult goal for a Democratic President, but his compass has been erratic. He has actually introduced four anti-inflation plans. None have had much impact, partly because he has been reluctant to propose the kind of slashing required to get the federal budget into balance-provided he could have pushed such cuts through Congress. Last whiter the Administration submitted its normal budget, but then, when stunned by fresh inflation figures and an anticipated deficit of $16 billion, rushed out another in six weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Coming to Grips with the Job | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...make sure that no one followed in Logan's faulty footsteps, McCurdy appointed twelve j.v. runners to "Logan's Legion," positioning them at various points along the race to steer the runners in the correct direction...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Harvard Harriers Burn Big Red, 25-30 | 10/14/1980 | See Source »

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