Word: developed
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Perhaps because they do not realise that economic development is one of the trickiest subjects in the world, perhaps because they know it all too well, the political leaders of this country and the candidates for their posts have spent the summer talking a good deal of drivel about poor countries, some of it inane, much of it puerile, and nearly all of it misleading. They have appealed to charity ("in India a man's average annual income is $80"), to conscience (development means new self-respect, new freedom"), and self-interest ("the outcome of the cold war depends...
...other words, Black manages to succeed in a very small way in clearing up some of the confusion about charity, conscience, and self-interest. Charity is not enough, because the blind giving of funds may subvert economies rather than develop them; self-interest--looking at the poor third of the world as an economic battle-field in a giant bipolar struggle--may be "competing with the Communists on their own terms." The rationale of competition, as Rostow has pointed out, is not a necessary one. The recent rapid diffusion of military power leads one to suspect that it will...
Wilcox replaces David D. Henry '41, who has taken a leave of absence to develop procedures for a new $2.5 million inter-college program of scholarships for African students. Director of the International Students Office, Henry is in Africa now to plan with educators and government leaders for the selection and support of students...
Colleges are in most cases best equipped to develop patterns for talent-hunting in their own neighborhoods, Monro said. "If we could get a dozen colleges rolling on this, we would have the makings of a pilot program," he commented. At present, organizations like NSSFNS seek out promising students and negotiate with college admissions officers...
...Mead Johnson. D. Mead joined the company in 1936 as a New York salesman, in 1949 became vice president of sales and, in effect, chief executive. Concerned that the company was almost exclusively identified with baby needs, he set up a research department (1960 budget: $3,500,000) to develop a diverse line of Mead Johnson products...