Word: groupe
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Glimp supported a possible policy of "pre-screening," by which a group of colleges would establish a centralized service that would, in turn, encourage and discourage prospective candidates. Such a screening organization would lessen some of the load on the College's Admissions Office...
Perhaps the best example of the group's fund-raising problem occurred when they went to the Ford Foundation for support. Attracted by the project, but suspicious of the group's ability to carry through, Ford offered to put up the entire sum needed, with only one string attached: they would have to see a verified list of speakers before giving money...
This of course, put the group smack in the midst of an inescapable dilemma. To attract speakers from under-developed land, they would have to promise money for transportation, housing, and sometimes also pay honorariums. To receive the money, they would have to acquire ironclad commitments from each of the speakers...
Rounding out the group is Vera Micheles Dean, an expert in international relations who is Director of the Foreign Policy Association...
Sohn was, however, impressed by the calibre of the Russian representatives. "The Russians sent their best people," he continued, "which perhaps indicates that the Russians are more serious about disarmament than the Americans." The Soviet group included Nobel Prize winners, while the American group did not have...