Word: approaches
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...once we cater to a person's fears, we introduce society's own problems into the court; the law of the street, becomes the law of the courts. It is not unusual that 12 New Yorkers would take a down-to-earth approach to the law. Subway riders all, they know the fears that come from riding underground, and appeared to think it hypocritical to send someone to jail for overreacting to a position that any subway rider could find himself...
...physicians to help Chernobyl's victims, and then in freeing hostage U.S. Journalist Nicholas Daniloff and a would-be Soviet emigre, Geneticist David Goldfarb. These incidents demonstrate his unusual role as a back-channel conduit between U.S. and Soviet officials. They also reflect the pragmatic approach Hammer takes toward the Soviets, his business partners on and off since the early 1920s. Readers will search in vain for indignation about the Soviet record on human rights. They will find instead a cuddly Lenin, a reasonable Gorbachev and a host of other blandly invoked leaders. Hammer calls himself an ardent capitalist; apparently...
...wastrels in the streets was so alarming that charity-minded society ladies established day nurseries in cities around the country. A few were sponsored by employers. Gradually, local regulatory boards began to discourage infant care, restrict nursery hours and place emphasis on a kindergarten or Montessori-style instructional approach. The nurseries became nursery schools, no longer suited to the needs of working mothers. During World War II, when women were mobilized to join wartime industry, day nurseries returned, with federal and local government sponsorship. Most of the centers vanished in the postwar years, and the Donna Reed...
...Francisco has adopted another innovative approach. It requires developers of major new commercial office and hotel space to include an on- site child-care center or pay $1 per sq. ft. of space to the city's child- care fund. The state of California is spending $319 million this year on child-care subsidies for 100,000 children. It also funds a network of 72 resource and referral agencies...
...There's no way of eradicating the knowledge of nuclear weapons from the human race. Some way, therefore, must be found to change the attitudes of the people who wish to use them. The educational exchange program is not a panacea, but it's the right way to approach the problem. Instead of expecting to restrain forever the capacity to wage war, you've got to change the attitude of the people who control these warmaking machines and who make the decisions to use them. We have to understand the Russians, among others, and ourselves better than we have...