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Word: attainment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next 20 years-with disastrous effects for the U.S. Writes Linowitz in his accompanying letter to the President: "A hungry world is an unstable world ..." The report goes a step further: "The most potentially explosive force in the world today is the frustrated desire of poor people to attain a decent standard of living. The anger, despair and often hatred that result represent a real and persistent threat to international order." What is more, notes the study, the world's economy is going to suffer if today's poor countries do not increase their purchasing power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Target: Hunger | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...divorced and only then learns how to be a father. A woman goes to work and worries about failing as a mother. A man and a woman attain the same professional pinnacle; she rejoices in surpassed expectations, he mourns fallen dreams. Everywhere Boston Globe Columnist Ellen Goodman turns, grownups are suffering growing pains, and so is she: "It has begun to occur to me that life is a stage I'm going through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Private Affairs | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Oddly enough, the individual who shines through all this sludge remains Graham herself. Davis's invective and insinuations dim, but never quite snuff out, the courage of a woman resolute enough to attain prominence in a Washington more accustomed to viewing its women in bedrooms than in boardrooms...

Author: By Paul E. Hunt, | Title: Whipping The Post | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...people united, to see Ireland governed by the Irish people. But we want to make sure that the evolution will be by peaceful means and by agreement. Unitary government, one government for the whole country, would obviously be our ideal situation, but one doesn't always attain one's ideals. Initially -and this is paramount-there must be a recognized administration in the North of Ireland that will command the support of both sides. That is the first step, a national priority. What will come from there I don't know. At least I hope that peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND: A New Effort for the North | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) yesterday approved a plan to toughen sophomore standing requirements by increasing the minimum score students must attain on three Advanced Placement (A.P.) exams from...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: CUE Passes Plan to Tighten Rules on Sophomore Standing | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

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