Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boren never makes it to the new President's side, he may do just as much good with the underlings. Says he: "Real bureaucratic leaders, of course, are always second in line, because they shove someone else out front to test the water. The one out front usually bears the title of special assistant...
...affairs and who served two prior tours in Moscow. But they have not offered a single word of explanation of why no action has been taken on the nomination since Toon's name was submitted three months ago. The Toon affair may well be Carter's first test in handling the Soviets. Many analysts believe if he withdraws the nomination, Brezhnev will view it as weakness. Carter will also have to deal with Moscow's criticisms of U.S. policy in southern Africa, the Middle East and even of its administration of Micronesia...
...admissions programs that favor minority applicants violate the civil rights of whites? The "reverse discrimination" question came before the Supreme Court two years ago in the case of Marco DeFunis, who had sued the University of Washington Law School for barring him while accepting a minority student with lower test scores than his. But DeFunis, who had been admitted by order of a lower court, had nearly finished his studies by the time his case reached the Supreme Court, and so the Justices declined to make a ruling. Since then several similar cases have come before the lower courts, with...
Grades and Test Scores...
...said that grades and test scores are important factors in admissions decisions but that they should not be the only factors...