Word: submits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...professors were asked not to submit a list of "great books," the kind students might read in a class on "The History of Thought Since the Dawn of Time." Too many, though, took this as a cue to list the works that set them off on their academic specialties. Given the eminence of the contributors, that's not necessarily boring stuff. But how many people are really going to go out and pick up a copy of the book that Sidney Verba writes "taught me how to think like a social scientist...
Perhaps all would be the wiser if they heeded the words of Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow, who refused to submit a list. "I care not for this cargo cult," he writes. "Books are cheap and readily available. To read is the thing, voraciously and eclectically. No guide is needed...
While preparing for a debate earlier this month, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton heard that his Republican opponent, former Governor Frank White, was going to challenge him to take a drug test. Recognizing a hot issue, Clinton struck first: early in the debate he announced he had submitted his urine for testing and challenged White to do so. The Republican not only agreed but later said his wife would be tested too. Clinton's wife will also submit to a test, further escalating the political "jar wars...
...main issue involved seems to be how far politicians scramble to outdo one another in leading the crusade. The Administration last week came up with a plan to require more than 1 million federal employees who deal with sensitive information (everyone from defense-contract employees to diplomats) to submit urine samples for drug testing...
...Administration, when it spells out a new policy for federal employees later this month, to make tests mandatory only for those in "sensitive" or "critical" jobs where drug use could damage public safety -- air-traffic controller, for instance. All other federal workers will most probably be asked to submit to "voluntary" tests. Critics argue that such a system would involve enough pressure so that the tests would not be truly voluntary or that they would be worthless because only those who are clean would sign...