Word: system
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...initiative has migrated from the Capitol to the White House. The idea of an Administration legislative program "is now so familiar that it is hard to realize how recent it is in our national history, and how contrary in many respects to the traditional concepts of the American political system...
...hostile to Congress, Burnham contends, because Congress, as the founding fathers intended, does not directly represent the majority will. What emerges from Congress is a composite of the "specific interests, goals, values, ideals and sentiments" of citizens in the various states and congressional districts. Through the slow-paced committee system that critics of Congress carp at, Congress hears all sides, compromises the conflicts, takes the interests of minorities into account, arrives at "an adjustment and balancing of needs, interests and aims...
John Martin's discussion of "Management Control in Soviet Industry" summarizes the managerial features of Soviet industrial production in a systematic manner. Martin shows how a checks and balance system works in management and points out that circumventing the rules from on high is the key to success for the individual plant manager. Martin's essay is valuable condensation, but its strength lies in organized presentation not analytic astuteness...
Complaints about the House system almost invariably begin, either in jest or seriousness, with the restriction of parietal hours. The Student Council understandably polled the students two weeks ago in an attempt to discover how much sentiment really exists for proposed changes...
Primary piece of equipment used to combat the fire was a high pressure fog system which pumped water under 800 pounds pressure. The two ladder trucks were in order to open skylights...