Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Denying the possibility of a plot, Kosinski relies on this smorgasbord of exciting incidents and fascinating characters to retain the reader's interest, unfortunately, only a few of Kosinski's characters are on stage long enough to develop into interesting individuals. The rest become props for the protagonist to use and discard...
...that valuable electives, such as music and art, may be scrapped along with the easy courses. Says Harold Howe, vice president of education and research at the Ford Foundation: "The important issue is not innovation v. tradition, but whether we're asking kids to write and pushing them to develop...
...CARTER ADMINISTRATION'S apparent willingness to develop and deploy the mobile MX intercontinental ballistic missile is dangerous and ill-advised. The missile, which is designed to reduce vulnerability of current land-based missiles and give the U.S. so-called "silobusting" capabilities, is extremely expensive, costing from $30-40 billion to develop. Its benefits, however, are dubious, and it poses serious problems for future negotiated arms reductions...
...just haven't worked together long enough, and it takes a few weeks or a month to develop some unity," Cowens says. "We have to play exemplary defense because of our small size. We have to get tough out front and put the pressure on outside. If we let teams set up and get the ball down low, we'll have trouble...
Easier said than done: AMC has less capital than its competitors with which to develop new models and reduce the size of its cars in order to meet future stringent fuel-economy standards. But it did scrape up the money to bring out a new '78 model, the Concord. It is a luxury compact that, with options, sells for as much as $5,200?roughly comparable to the price of the fast-selling subcompacts, Honda's Accord and Volkswagen's Rabbit. Meyers believes AMC must now focus its sales push on the Concord to the maximum. He told TIME Correspondent...