Word: testing
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...Southeast Asia, last week faced a diplomatic crisis and the unsettling possibility of military involvement on a second front. With Arab and Israeli armies massing in the Middle East for a confrontation that could be ignited by inadvertence, another set of American commitments may well be put to the test before long. Said Lyndon Johnson: "To the leaders of all the na tions of the Near East, I wish to say what three Presidents have said before: that the U.S. is firmly committed to the support of the political independence and territorial integrity of all the nations of the area...
...editors who met with Secretary of State Rusk -- say they'll be satisfied if 25 per cent of the students here sign. But if their past claims about increasing student "concern" and "questioning" have been correct, the proportion must be much higher. The student leaders cannot veil the crucial test of strength this petition represents. If the "mainstream" of American youth is asking sharper questions about the war, this petition is certainly inclusive enough to show the current...
...Board has authorized the Office of Tests to study the impact of the present requirement on undergraduates. Students who do not score at least 560 on the College Board achievement test--about one-third of Harvard-Radcliffe undergraduates--must take and pass two full courses in a language to graduate from Harvard...
...them have pressed for liberalization for a long time and now Stewart was backing a definite plan, drawn up by students in his House, with the support of most of the College. He called the present system "too restrictive" and said it would be "worthwhile to have a test of this kind of change [the Lowell proposal]." But his arguments didn't work on the other Masters. Even the more liberal ones decided this was not a time to make a case of it. One of them said, "There was just no chance for the proposal at the meeting...
...drafted in September and, after completing Basic Training, entered army meric school in Texas. Presently, he is spending his furlough in Cambridge before entering Officers Candidate School. He scored 97 out of 100 on the National Draft Test...