Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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During the next two weeks, 55 canvassers will contact each of the 3600 families in the model neighborhood. They will explain the model cities program and ask the residents to drop a "yes" or "no" vote in a portable ballot...
...economics professor at Columbia the effectiveness of photographs in making abstract economic concepts tangible for his students. In clear contrast to Sontag, he became convinced that "the photograph... that little rectangle, is one of the damnedest educational devices ever made." Sontag correctly argues that "photographs do not explain; they acknowledge." But this is no reason to disparage photography--understanding is impossible without acknowledgement...
...explain "nigger" to the tearful face of a six-year-old? That the zoo is for whites only? How do you enlist a soldier to lay down his life for freedom-of which he knows not? How do you tell a young mother to teach her young that tear gas, dogs and fiery crosses should instill a zest for self-dignity? How do you tell the world that a great man, a black man, has been shot by a white man for wanting to be a free...
...Enough Dollars. Insurance companies are quick to explain that they are only being sensible in protecting their own businesses. "The right kind of people are still able to get insurance," says Dan Owen of Chicago's General Adjustment Bureau, which represents some 300 insurance firms. "Those who haven't got it are uninsurable anyway for some reason...
...blend of Irish charm and office skill made him a natural for special assignments. In 1962, after the company discovered that some of its salesmen were misrepresenting a small cigarette-filter company in order to sell its stock, Regan was dispatched to an SEC public hearing in Washington to explain. Said he simply: "Let's face it. This is one in which we goofed." He went on to explain that Merrill Lynch had already fined the salesmen involved and repaid $116,000 in losses suffered by customers. In recent years, Regan has also been one of the trustees responsible...