Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nervously as I questioned one of his subordinates, the director of social workers for Aid to Dependent Children. This young woman, responsible for perhaps 1,500 families, would not state whether there was a policy on family planning or not. She was extremely defensive and would not even discuss whether her social workers, when asked, would refer the woman to her family doctor. I asked whether, in lieu of policy, a tacit prohibition arose; she would not answer...
...that matter, the Democratic Party is hardly a monolith either. Last week 17 of the nation's 24 Democratic Governors gathered in St. Louis to discuss the candidates-and decided nothing. Awaiting Hubert Humphrey's announcement, the Governors resisted Kennedy pressures for an endorsement and concluded, as New Jersey's Richard Hughes put it, that "a pause is clearly in order...
...views on all the events going on." Unfortunately for Ayub, Kosygin is not willing to risk alienating India, an ally against the Chinese that Russia wants to pamper with every attention. At week's end he planned a detour to New Delhi on his flight home, probably to discuss the Viet...
...stimulate student interest, the Marists show movies touching on topics under discussion; one recent evening featured Hud, followed by a seminar on the film's treatment of interpersonal relations. They also discuss modern novels (among them: Camus' The Stranger) and analyze the lyrics of such recorded rock-age prophets as the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. The brothers are available to help with personal problems, and youngsters frequently drop by for confidential talks. To maintain accord between the Marists and their teen-age clients, there is a minimum of discipline...
Kahn, in fact, admits to a built-in bias in favor of Harvard. "I liked my 25th reunion, and I go to football games and yell my head off." Although he does not publicly discuss controversial questions about this University, it seems that he is in general agreement with the way Harvard administrators run the place. "I've found enough," he says, "to justify my original premise that Harvard was and still is a fine educational institution...