Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...develop an ear for science in the public, Teller advocates "science-appreciation" programs for both children and adults. "Baseball could not flourish without fans," he says, "but where are the science fans...
Brazil self-righteously spurned offers by foreign companies with technical know-how to develop its petroleum resources, instead gave the job to a government monopoly. Result: Brazil produced only 12% of its 1956 requirements, had to spend $268 million on oil imports...
Almost one-fourth of the world's people develop myopia; up to 15% of U.S. schoolchildren are afflicted. So far, eye doctors have been at a loss for any means to correct the condition or to arrest its advance. Last week, in a cautious preliminary report, the experts suggested that a corrective may have been found by chance in the wearing of contact lenses...
Something sensational may develop from certain aspects of the Little Rock problem not covered by the news agencies," according to Thomas F. Pettigrew, teaching fellow in Social Relations...
...wine country in southern France is a special case. The Italians would be allowed to develop the vineyards, but only on the condition that they export the wine to Algeria. The Algerians, whom nobody wants to annex, would have wine and freedom. They could use both...