Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...condemned by Holmes, who is up in arms about the fact that deferment is granted irrespective of the student's field. However, the alternative is hardly desirable. Should it be up to Selective Service to decide what is a good course to follow? True, engineers may go into a vital defense industry. But what of the English major who goes into teaching? In an all-out war, of course, restrictions on draft-exempting studies would be necessary, but in peacetime it would give the Army powers it should not have...
...Government has succumbed for too many years to the seductive myth that "world opinion" [Sept. 15] should play a vital role in the shaping of foreign policy. We do not need international smiles to prove that our decisions are wise and courageous. Let us be the leaders of world opinion, not the victims...
...trade, executive recruitment came into flower after World War II, when the diversion of bright young men into uniform during crucial career years left the nation with a shortage of experienced executives. Concentrating on men who command $20,000 a year and up, the recruiting firms opened up a vital new talent pool to expanding U.S. corporations. Says the vice president of one rapidly diversifying company that depends on recruiters: "We don't have time to train enough men. We need the mustard cutters...
...client companies stiff fees for their services (the average: 20% of one year's salary for each executive recruited, plus search costs), many corporations find that recruiters can cover a larger field than their own personnel departments. And through a recruiter, a company can solicit in secrecy-a vital consideration when hiring to crank up a new product line or open a new division...
Some members of this economically "surplus" group may well be vital, either to civil defense or to the foreign aid program. Recognizing their supra-economic importance, the federal government should offer them direct subsidies, if necessary to maintain an adequate standard of living. Inessential members of this group do not belong in the agricultural labor force: they should be given federal allowances for occupational retraining...