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Both Shattuck and Steiner point to affirmative action as another troublespot likely to consume much of the new vice president's efforts. Under Shattuck's direction, the Office of Government and Community Affairs will push for legislation to allocate more funds for minorities and women in Ph.D. programs, with hopes of increasing the representation of these groups on the University faculty...
...political-science teacher at St. Mary's College and a special protege of Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler, is trying for the third time to win the seat now held by Freshman Republican F. Jay Nimtz, 42. With South Bend and its Studebaker-Packard plant a chronic unemployment troublespot, Brademas was touted a winner in 1954 and 1956-and lost both years. This time, with Brademas harping on the still-evident recession and labor going all out against Indiana's right-to-work law, Brademas is given his best chance ever...
...potential troublespot in any rocket engine is the nozzle through which the hot gases escape into the air. Liquid fuels can be used to cool the nozzle, circulating through its hollow walls or seeping through small holes to provide a protective layer on its inner surface. Solid fuel cannot do this, but other means have been developed to keep the racing gases from destroying the nozzle. It is lined with some such high-melting-point material as graphite or zirconium oxide. As the fuel burns, the nozzle enlarges somewhat because of erosion, but the burning rate of the fuel...
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