Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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What they know is that Gardner has already turned down several university presidencies equally as prestigious as Harvard's. His rejection of the presidency of Stanford, his alma mater, and a chance to work in the same state where his children are now living signaled his general coolness to the idea. And his new Washington project which he just started with the Urban Coalition is expected to tie him down there for at least two years...
With faculty budgets especially tight now, annual gifts are particularly important. But the stock market plunge and general dissatisfaction with universities had been expected to cause a drop in giving, and University officials were pleased the drop was not larger...
...love, cherish and obey when he married me, and he broke that vow." The divorce settlement gave Alta the family string of weekly newspapers. He kept their $200,000 mansion in Huntsville, complete with a $100,000 mortgage. It has been vacated by Faubus, who moved to Harrison as general manager of Dogpatch, U.S.A., an Ozarks amusement park...
...unexceptionable domestic version of the Peace Corps, now attracts young radicals who foment strikes, demonstrations and other unrest among the poor they serve. As part of a program to create a less pugnacious image and broaden the recruiting base, the agency has awarded a $1,200,000 contract to General Electric to help organize an up-think promotion and recruitment campaign...
...Louis Harris poll suggests another interpretation based on what might be called the ignorance factor. According to Harris, more than half of the voters in the U.S. do not even know the name or party of their Congressman. Thus even fewer voters know how he votes in general, and very few indeed are aware of how he has voted on any specific measure. Senators and their voting records are much better publicized. Therefore it may be that Representatives could enjoy a kind of independence through relative anonymity, a greater freedom than Senators to "vote their consciences." It is a freedom...