Word: adopters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...panelists said blacks were under pressure to adopt white mannerisms, patterns of speech, and lifestyle...
...Mather House Committee voted to adopt the preferential voting system at a seting last Wednesday, Christine Tamalavage '79, chairman of the House committee, said yesterday. Tamalavage added she is, "not fully convinced that it is unconstitutional...
...Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) yesterday tabled a motion recommending that the University should not adopt variable meal plans "at this time." attended their first meeting yesterday, said they wanted to decide for themselves whether a variable meal system is feasible...
Barbara and Gordon Ray, of Madison, Wis., want to adopt a child. They thought this would not be too difficult. Their doctors had told them it was very unlikely they could have a child of their own. When the two 28-year-olds applied to the state Health and Social Services Department, Mrs. Ray, who is 5 ft. 9 in. and weighed 210 Ibs., was told she had to lose weight. Her obesity was a health problem, explained the state physician who examined her. Mr. Ray, a shipping and mail clerk at the University of Wisconsin...
...providing clean, cheap hydroelectric power. It also replanted forests which had been washed away and helped farmers restore land ravaged by floods and destructive farming practices. But again, the T.V.A.'s way of doing business was unlike virtually all other federal agencies. Instead of forcing the farmers to adopt T.V.A. standards, the agency convinced several farmers to try out their suggestions, and once the success of the programs was demonstrated the rest of the farmers clamored for assistance. Instead of imposing authority from above, the T.V.A. espoused the philosophy of decentralized administration of centralized authority. The T.V.A. is the only...