Word: dec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Your article on law enforcement, "Walking a Beat" [Dec. 18], was excellent. I am a rookie law-enforcement officer who has walked many a mile on the streets of our nation's capital. I have found that many citizens are astounded by my simply saying. "Good morning" or "How are you today?" At this level citizens can become closer to an officer and realize that a cop is like them: human, not an emotionless machine...
...Taking Aim at Job Training" [Dec. 18]: critics of this program have a point of view akin to that of gold miners in the old West who threw away "troublesome stuff," which later turned out to be silver. On Jan. 22, 1973, Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier will go up against what was the human equivalent of "troublesome stuff": George Foreman. He was a juvenile delinquent when he heard a public-service "spot" suggesting Job Corps as a solution. He came to Litton Industries' Parks Job Corps Center, and began working toward a high school diploma, which he earned...
...read with interest your piece "A Glimmer of Light?" about drug treatment [Dec. 11]. I also agree with Psychiatrist Vernon Patch that the chances of remaining drug free after leaving most institutions hardly ever amount to more than...
...Your report of Bormann's furtive movements about Latin America [Dec. 11] obscures the reason for the search. Perhaps, if you had shown a picture of bodies stacked like cordwood next to the crematory, people would be reminded of why Martin Bormann deserves to be remembered...
...What is the difference between William F. Buckley Jr. smoking pot on a sailboat three miles out at sea [Dec. 11] to "see what it's like," a 16-year-old girl who tries it "to see what it's like" and gets caught, and a 23-year-old Viet Nam veteran who gets arrested and convicted for receiving a package of grass addressed to his friend...