Word: developed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part of the proposal to develop an autonomous Radcliffe, the College will launch a major centennial fund drive next year to strengthen its endowment and help expand its graduate and undergraduate programs...
...desire to get in the way of Carter's contact with Cabinet officers and other staffers. The West Wing troops, he believes, must "function as a staff should -that is, to support Carter and monitor things that are going on in the Federal Government, and to help him develop and manage his programs...
Monumental Crisis. Since the 1973 Arab oil embargo, economists have warned that the failure of industrialized nations to develop alternative power sources will result in a monumental energy crisis by the mid-1980s, involving widespread industrial shutdowns and a perilously declining growth rate. In Spain, for example, the economy is already suffering from the impact of a $4.5 billion oil import bill last year...
...Point stands for "Graves Registration." These soldiers are the garbage men of combat. They package their own dead in black plastic bags for shipment back to the States. The men develop their own techniques for dealing with death. Cynical Deacon (Frank Adu) sells photos of the latest enemy kills as if they had been bagged on safari. Simple-minded Straw (Donald Warfield) tends the bodies with gentle piety. Others deal in raw humor or are narcotized by whores. The linchpin of the play is Micah (John Heard), a college boy for whom Nam, as they call it, is agonizing shorthand...
Afterward Veeck explained, "You have to start with what you inherit, and then you scuffle and upgrade. Develop attitudes. We began that last year. As a general rule, you have three seasons to succeed. If you don't win in three, the fans just want you to go away. This is not a classic team, but it will surprise some people...