Word: development
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lavi affair. While the U.S. Government gives Israel $1.8 billion a year in military assistance -- far more than to any other country -- the Lavi claims an ever growing portion of that aid. Washington has so far provided most of the $1.8 billion that Israelis have spent to develop the Lavi and build two prototypes since 1979. But that is just the beginning: development costs that were estimated at $800 million when the project began could reach at least $2.75 billion by the time the first of up to 150 jets rolls off the assembly line in 1993. Meanwhile, the price...
...rarely allied leaders of higher education, Education Secretary William J. Bennett and President Derek C. Bok, academia how well its students develop moral and ethical standards...
...argues that participation in community service programs will allow students to develop values emphasizing self-sacrifice and helping those less fortunate instead of the self-centered morality that prevails today. A latter day program of good works, if you will. But how do you ensure that a majority, not to mention all of Harvard's undergraduates, will enroll in community service programs? Many won't have the time and many won't have the interest. And if ethical instruction is as important as both Bennett and Bok bill it, how can the University allow a single undergraduate to miss...
...first industry angels were Eugene Harvey and Seymour Flics, then concert promoters, now Whitney's zealous managers and jealous protectors. In 1981 the team devised a game plan: they would develop acting and modeling as adjuncts to the music. Soon Whitney was doing a Canada Dry commercial and TV's Silver Spoons and Gimme a Break. She had already been cutting classes at her private Catholic girls' school to model for the Click agency. She later switched to Wilhelmina and appeared in Glamour and Vogue. Meanwhile she was sharing club dates with Cissy. Finally, at 18, she was ready...
Reagan had chose Loury for his outspoken conservative views, which included attacks on national civil rights leaders and affirmative action policies. Loury has argued in numerous speeches and articles that Blacks are "stigmatized' by affirmative action policies and need to develop "self-help" strategies to improve their social and economic standing...