Word: developed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the past two years, RUS participation was at an all-time low; rarely did races develop in House elections, freshman participation was infrequent, and several Houses were totally without representation. Thus this year's turnout constitutes a notable improvement. This is especially true considering last spring's change in the Constitution, which created several new seats in the Legislature. The vacancies that did occur were almost all freshman seats...
...country's economic troubles have worsened as the Vietnamese drive to develop lags, and the preliminary goals of its five-year plan are not being met. In an attempt to attract foreign investment, Vietnam now permits full foreign ownership of certain kinds of firms, the first socialist nation to do so. It has also begun discussing with U.S companies the exploitation of its offshore oil. The Vietnamese need for normal diplomatic ties with the U.S. became acute when four tropical storms hit in one week, flooding the Mekong Delta rice fields. The floods destroyed as much as 80 per cent...
...finding ways of transporting them to New York-consumes much of Drapkin's time, and on any given day he may be awaiting couriers from Nairobi, Tokyo or Jerusalem. "Getting a picture is an other form of journalism," explains Drapkin. "Like reporters, we go out, talk to people, develop sources and pick up leads...
...Geneva might insist that the nation will do nothing to open the U.S. market wider to European and Japanese goods unless industrialized nations let in more American-grown food. The Government might also expand its aid?$10 million this year ?to farmers who organize cooperative groups that develop foreign markets. One tempting target: China, which has just begun to buy U.S. meat and grain and could use more. Carter has signed a new law that permits indirect Government loans to finance food exports to China and establishes U.S. Agricultural Trade Offices overseas, strengthening efforts currently carried on by embassy...
Einhorn is distressed by the narrow specialization that characterizes education here. Harvard students, he believes, are being programmed to assume elite roles, but not to develop innovative responses to crises...