Word: surveyers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...home from Korea and Japan, when a telephone call from the White House caught up with him. The call was from John Steelman. Harry Truman's aide wanted to know whether Hoffman, who had been a member of a commission making a Far East economic survey, would head the Economic Cooperation Administration. Hoffman said later: "I tried for two days to think of how to say No, but I just couldn't." Two days later, lugging a suitcase full of dirty laundry, he landed in Washington and said...
...against differences in rates between different sections of the country,* the government ordered the Board of Transport Commissioners to look into the possibility of equalizing rates. It would take about a year, and in the end it would probably mean little, but on paper it looked nice. Furthermore, the survey might help to quiet Liberals from the Maritimes and the West who had joined the Opposition in protesting the new charges...
...recent survey of those who could choose between competitive radio and television programs, said Langhoff, showed that 94% chose television. Said he: ". . . When these two stand up and slug it out there is little doubt . . . who is the coming champ." Langhoff warned sponsors against wearing out the television audience with tediously repeated commercials. Since television demands undivided attention of the viewer, said Langhoff, it also "induces fatigue at a much greater rate than . . . radio, and possibly encourages sly drooping of the eyelids during the duller portions of a program...
...examination papers from a college sophomore class. Author of the study is the teacher of the class, writing anonymously in the current bi-monthly Religious Education. Almost all the students, says he, came from religious homes, had regularly attended Sunday school, and had just completed a semester's survey of religion which included five weeks of Bible study...
...finding men capable enough to carry out an ideal program, insufficient attention has been given to the appointment and reappointment of advisors. The departments are obligated to their students to see that the part of tuition accruing to advisors is wisely spent. This obligation requires a more detailed survey into a graduate's personality and special ability than a hasty appraisal of his college record. The positions must be made more competitive, either through stressing their honorific aspect, or increasing the stipend when possible. Finally, even the mechanics of advising are needlessly lax. Four 15-minute visits a year...