Word: unpreparedness
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Although they knew of the unrest in the officers' corps, U.S. embassy officials in Guatemala were totally unprepared for the coup. When word of the action first arrived by telephone, few staffers believed it. Finally, embassy officials went to the National Plaza and were astounded to find it surrounded...
By then America's unity had been strained almost to the breaking point. For the first time in history, the average person could see the ugliness of war every evening on television. Americans from every walk of life were moved to protest. At the same time, poll after poll...
All over the country the high cost of higher education and the current reduction in state and federal aid are forcing public university systems to rethink an egalitarian admissions philosophy. For more than a decade, open admissions attracted many talented people who might never have had the chance for a...
Edwards' task, therefore, has been mainly to push through deregulation and, as he once put it, "to work myself out of a job." But he has been uncertain about when and how to lift controls on natural gas and has a narrow grasp of the issues involved. His major...
"Sagan was uninspiring, unprepared and spoke off the top of his head," Rufus Marx said, adding that this year's class should find someone who would take the job more seriously.