Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Contending that more requests for Carter's vote-getting help are reaching the White House than he can accept, the President's advisers are employing a loyalty test as one means of deciding which candidates to aid. The results have been compiled in a large black notebook, with computer print-outs that detail the voting record of each Senate and House member. While those with poor records of support for Carter's programs are not ruled out of his campaign plans, they are assigned a low priority...
...Saudi Arabia, the sale of the F-15, the most sophisticated jet fighter in the U.S. arsenal, is a test−not merely of Washington's intent to be evenhanded in the Middle East but, specifically, of whether America is prepared to be a reliable friend. As Crown Prince Fahd explains it, the Saudis' relationship with the U.S. involves a basic tradeoff: oil for security. They are prepared to hold down oil prices, expand their productive capacity and help protect the dollar−all of which are vital to the U.S. and its Western allies. In return, they...
...Dallas decision inevitably fueled speculation about desegregation plans in other cities where the magnet school concept is under consideration, most notably Chicago and Los Angeles. "Dallas isn't big enough to be a test case," said Robert Havighurst, professor emeritus of education at the University of Chicago. "Chicago and Los Angeles will be the real testing ground." In Los Angeles, Diane Watson, the only black member of the school board, thought the decision would spur greater desegregation efforts. "In light of what's come out of Dallas," she said, "I think that our current plan will certainly...
...cake, and eat it too." Paul calls Virginia home, and on weekends he rides as much as he can. Last month, riding on a mount called Christmas Goose, he won, for the fourth year, Virginia's famous 100-mile ride, a three-day exercise that is meant to test the endurance of the horse as much as the ability of the rider. As a result of all his exercise, Paul, at 5 ft. 10 in., is still fit and slim...
...women's ice hockey team passed the acid test of dawn practices and Sunday morning games this winter as a first-year club sport, and Coach Joe Bertagna looks forward to Level Two (varsity) status next winter...