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Before the admissions office went computerized a few years ago--now they are supposed to sit around and say to each other, "I've got a good boy here; he's sort of a 142"--they had a breakdown of all Harvard people into 13 types, designated by letters. There was W, for wheel, which meant an ambitious, driving type, and X, for cross-country, which meant a plodding but determined type, and so on. They were all Harvard men if they were admitted, you understand, but there were still slight variations...
...perfection into examples of the social perversions which she attributes to the youth of the 60s is all here. These are parents who did their best to bring their children up right, and as a result their children will never be satisfactory adults. Each sketch ends with a total breakdown in communication. The child leaves, and the parents are left stunned, offering up "a silent prayer" for their child's "success...
...than prudent. A continued high rate of unemployment, with its special impact on minorities, is an issue that Democrats could turn to their advantage. Even before the 1976 election, the President may have to face up to the soaring cost of medical care, the steadily rising crime rate, the breakdown of the cities and the crumbling of mass transportation. His view-widely welcomed at present-that Government should do less and that national thrift is in order could begin to seem to many people like a do-nothing policy. Along with this, "charisma"-a cliché not recently heard-might...
...Florida's Eglin Air Force Base, by far the smallest of the camps with only 5,000 refugees, there has been only a 2% breakdown rate, and officials predict that out-processing will be virtually completed by Oct. 1. This is in part because of Eglin's small size but also because it has had very good relations with nearby communities. Surprisingly, the camp's many semiliterate fishermen have been among the fastest to find jobs. Says James Chandler, a State Department liaison officer at Eglin: "I thought the fishermen would be the hardest group to place...
Geneva Specter. At the same time, however, Kissinger provided pressure where needed, particularly on Israel, which he considered primarily responsible for the breakdown. The U.S. policy reassessment was ordered and aid halted until the re-examination was completed. Kissinger even invoked the specter of the U.S. leading the way to a Geneva conference it really did not want, proposing border changes that Israel at least was not keen on. He knew that neither Egypt nor Israel wanted that route because it would bring the Soviets, other Arab nations and the P.L.O. into the discussions, broadening and complicating what seemed...