Word: fostered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pose had a certain drama about it. But the noisy dispute over a site where American and North Vietnamese negotiators could meet for preliminary talks recalled what the late John Foster Dulles said in 1954 about negotiating with Asian Communists: "Progress is always slow and seldom spectacular...
Military exhibits were quite in order at the NRA convention, for the organization has had cordial relations with the armed forces ever since it was founded in 1871 by a group of National Guard officers to foster civilian marksmanship as an aid to military preparedness. Usually at least one retired or active duty Army officer sits on the NRA's board of directors...
...YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS (CBS, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). In the third concert for the season, Leonard Bernstein presents three new young soloists: a 14-year-old cellist, Lawrence Foster, and 17-year-old identical twins Martin and Steven Vann in a piano duet...
There is no question that probation can be more effective than prison. In one experiment by the California Youth Authority, convicted juvenile delinquents were immediately returned to their homes or foster homes, where parole officers grouped them according to their special characteristics and then provided intensive treatment - tutoring, psychotherapy, occasional confinement. After five years, only 28% of the experimental group had their paroles revoked, compared with 52% of a similar group that was locked up after conviction. By giving 600 more delinquents such treatment, California avoided paying $7,000,000 for a new reformatory. Supervising adult felons on probation costs...
Undeniably, intelligent and sympathetic men in positions of power can make a significant contribution toward creating a better society. Bundy himself, for all his Vietnam guilt, has served this ideal as President of the Ford Foundation, for example in his attempt to foster better television. David Rockefeller, who was harrassed at Dunster House last Sunday, went on to make a remarkably understanding statement Wednesday, calling for honest social action by business...