Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...police have developed a different approach: keep talking, keep calm, wait them out. All of the FBI's 59 field divisions have agents who have had special training at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. It is the FBI policy that only if the hostages seem in imminent danger of being killed is an attack normally ordered. While a specially trained FBI negotiator tries to lower the level of tension and assess the hostage taker's motives and weaknesses, other agents seek information that will let them develop a psychological profile of the criminal. What makes...
...accommodation is possible. Similarly, he finds a parallel between dissidence in Russia today and the U.S. black activism of the early '60s. Says he: "In a sense, the Russian dissidents are a normal outgrowth of increasing education and affluence among the Russian elite. As Russian society begins to develop a greater consumer orientation, they're going to have a human rights explosion, just as we had in this country...
Also, it seems to me that they must have at least some people in their power structure who are aware of the fact that the risk of nuclear war, rather than decreasing between two sane powers, is increasing just because the technology is destabilizing. [When one side develops a weapons system not covered by an arms agreement, the other side feels compelled to develop...
...Carter administration can convince international business firms tied to the South African and Rhodesian governments that it is in their long-term interest to follow the inevitable tide toward black majority rule in southern Africa. When they see the light, they will begin to offer black nationalists capital to develop their countries' resources and provide markets for their exports. An extreme Young suggestion in this vein is that South African blacks be brought to the United States for management training, a plan that the current Pretoria regime undoubtedly would rule illegal. "But nothing is illegal," Young has said in response...
Along with platitudes, Marabel preaches a message of uplift and liberation that might be expected to satisfy (but does not) even her fiercest critics. "Poise and self-confidence are available to any woman," she writes. "Discover who you really are and where you are going. Develop your own convictions. Have the courage to live by your standards. Enjoy your unique spot in the world." Right on, Marabel...