Word: subs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people who are gravitating to his power. "He has excellent organizational talents," says Strauss, "and tremendous strengths in his feel for people and his political instincts, but he is much weaker in administration." Critics contend that this is showing up in his handling of appointments. Half of the sub-Cabinet-level posts have still not been filled, a problem of increasing concern. Cabinet officers have to spend extra hours testifying before congressional committees since there are few subordinates to go to the Hill. Complains Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland: "I'm the only one in the department who can sign...
...graduate students and one worker representative sit on that university's priorities subcommittee. The six-year-old, 16-member group makes recommendations on student fees, teaching, salaries, and departmental expenditure levels to university officers, who have never altered the subcommittee's recommendations. Although students form a minority of the sub-committee, they have full access to financial data, and administrators are usually willing to compromise on tuition hikes and cutbacks...
...straight victory in the bag, the Quakers caught fire. Jamie Hodge treated the crowd to the first home-team goal of the evening while his defensive cohorts were shutting down the Harvard attack. Penn goalie Carl Jackson left the ice with an injury midway through the second frame, and sub Jim Nista skated on to stymie the Crimson the rest...
...does not have a single department or program concerned with the teachings of African languages and literatures. Practically every one of the approximately two dozen languages of Europe is part of the normal curriculum of the University; yet not a single one of the indigenous languages of sub-Saharan Africa (estimated to number anywhere from 200 to 1200) is taught as a serious and separate course. Harvard also has two other departments (Comparative Literature and Linguistics) and a related program (Ukranian) whose primary concern is the study of European languages and/or literatures--not to mention the Department of English...
...were energetic striplings of five and six who set out for the corner rink every Saturday. "I don't know what to do on Saturday afternoons since I came here." Hozack says, as he recalls the old days spent huddled over heaters between line changes in the sub-zero Canadian winter...