Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington at midweek, Carter will have every right to feel exhausted-but also exhilarated. He could hardly feel otherwise, especially after reading tributes like the one that appeared on the editorial page of the Times of London: "At a time when [West European leaders] face democracy's sternest test since the war, the inspiration of Mr. Carter's confidence, energy and fresh mind is sorely needed. [He could prove to be] a worthy successor to Roosevelt, Truman and [George] Marshall." Of course anyone embodying the power of the U.S. is going to be treated with respect abroad...
...being counted, but Suharto's military-backed Golkar, a "functional group" of professionals and bureaucrats, had apparently won about 62% of the vote and at least 236 seats in the new house. Golkar's popular vote almost equaled its total in the 1971 elections - the only prior test of the government's popularity since Suharto ousted the late, pro-Communist Sukarno in the bloody aftermath of an abortive leftist coup...
...germane to the hiring of Kissinger? President McGill has stated the university's position that those objecting to the appointment have applied extraordinary moral considerations and that "standards of review must be the same for all faculty members." The New York Times in an editorial has argued that no test beyond simple allegiance to country should be required. We do not feel that we are applying extraordinary standards. Judgments as to character are made as a matter of course in the appointment procedure. What makes the Kissinger case seem extraordinary are not special standards, but rather his extraordinary conduct...
...piece of the Sox," asks an ad that will appear in the Boston Globe Friday night and Saturday. The two student entrepreneurs are running the ad to test public interest in forming such a corporation...
...relatively larger limbs and hands, he says, should be advantageous for sports that require quick movement. Yet they may well put blacks at a disadvantage in swimming, for example, where less fat and heavier bones make for less buoyancy. Dr. James Haines of Morehouse College tried a simple floating test on 841 students at the black school and found that 73% almost immediately sank to the bottom of the pool-"sinkers," he called them. In a similar test at nearby Georgia Tech, only 2% of white students showed the same tendency...