Word: survey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the Government's Institute of Inter-American Affairs. To make sure he got it, he added a few nonexistent qualifications: two years at Brown, a degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, a big job with a big trucking company. He got the job, and his transport survey for the Colombian government won him a warm note of praise from the Minister of Public Works. After that the U.S. Commerce Department hired Jim at $10,000 a year. He helped on the planning for ECA, lectured before the Armed Forces Industrial College, lent expert advice to the Congressional Committee...
Although the present number of students in the University exceeds the 1941 total by 65 percent, figures show a 5.7 percent decrease in enrollment since last year. The decline follows the trend indicated in a recent New York Times survey...
...American Council on Education, of which President Conant is chairman, is protesting a current Veteran's Administration survey as being "too negative...
There aren't any formal standards that help the Admissions Office spot the "well equipped" man. Instead, the School prefers to survey a man's entire past performance, looking especially to see how he has chosen to spend his time, how well he has executed whatever he has chosen, and how much good these activities have done him. All these factors, the School feels, are clues to the bigger problem of how well-suited the man is for a career in business administration. The School is not hunting for grinds with good marks, for the ideal business administrator...
According to the Council dictum, the purpose of the survey is to gather information for published suggestions toward improving efficiency and facilities in the College's eight dining halls and four kitchens...