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Word: optional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Faculty members have the option to retire. Any vacancies would normally be filled by Dean Ford but some students have suggested that such vacancies should be filled by a vote of the full Faculty. There will probably be some discussion of this proposal at today's meeting...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Imam, | Title: SFAC Meets To Consider Vote Change | 10/1/1968 | See Source »

When the Harvard Policy Committee first proposed a pass-fail option nearly two years ago, one of its major goals was encouraging experimentation with courses outside a student's own field of concentration. But as of now, Music I seems to be the only definite success by this standard...

Author: By Sophie A. Krasik, | Title: Pass-Fail Does Not Crowd Many of Popular Courses | 9/30/1968 | See Source »

...Optional equipment will cost an average of 3% more, which will add at least another $10 to the price of 1969 models. Automatic transmission, installed on 92% of all Chrysler-made cars sold last year, for example, is listed at $223.20 instead of $216.85, and radios, another favorite option, will cost a couple of dollars more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Chrysler Ups the Ante | 9/27/1968 | See Source »

When the Food Stamps program began, counties were given the option of choosing between it and Surplus Commodities. Most Alabama counties chose Food Stamps. But that wasn't good; because whatever its drawbacks, the Surplus Commodities plan had one indisputable advantage for poor families--it was free. No matter how little money the family had, it could always count on getting some food...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: For Over-All Misery, Alabama Wins Handily | 9/25/1968 | See Source »

...turned out to be something a little different. As he drifted to the left, Gatto cocked his arm and lobbed an option pass 25 yards downfield, where the mammoth (6-2, 240) Varney waited behind two defenders. Gatto's pass drifted over the guards and disappeared, like a grape, into the end's paws. The dash to the goal line was anti-climactic. But except for this drive, the first offense was stymied most of the afternoon...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Football Team Is Disappointing in Tryout | 9/23/1968 | See Source »

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