Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...however, Shell Oil Co. geologists prospecting offshore found an underwater fault that runs only 2½ miles west of Diablo Canyon. At first, this Hosgri fault was thought to be inactive. But studies sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that it was probably responsible for a 1927 quake estimated at 7.25 on the Richter scale. PG&E experts dispute that conclusion, insisting that a more distant fault caused the quake. If they are right-a crucial if-the plant is designed with a sufficient margin of safety to survive any probable jolt in the area...
...survey of first-year law students by the Harvard Law Students Guild this fall dramatized the situation. Although an overwhelming percentage of the students said that they would prefer to become involved in public service or political work after receiving law degrees, 40 per cent indicated that they expect to join big, corporate law firms. Quite simply, the corporate jobs are far more readily available, and offer much more security, prestige and monetary reward than anything in the public service area...
...Masters-of-Business-Administration survey, which ranked Harvard after the Stanford, Chicago and MIT business schools, based its ratings on academic evaluations elicited from business school deans. Harvard was ranked second in the same survey last year...
...Fouraker's argument dispelled a lot of my fears," Haft said after the meeting. He added that he did not forsee any further student protest about the survey...
...another survey published in the same magazine issue, academic deans rated both Stanford and Harvard first in terms of the "employment value" of their graduates. Harvard students also rate first in employment value by graduates of business administration programs, another survey in the magazine showed...