Word: fostered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NOVEMBER 1955-In the "spirit of Geneva," Secretary of State John Foster Dulles proposes a limit on nuclear tests. Russia refuses...
...revising the work rules and the wage-base formula that the unions won over the course of generations. The old rules and formulas, largely antiquated by technological changes, hinder them with additional and unnecessary costs of $600 million a year, the railroads claim. Under the work rules that foster featherbedding, many thousands of railroad workers do little or no necessary work...
...professional advice of military and civilian experts charged with the technical evaluation of design proposals should not be overturned except for the most compelling and persuasive reasons. Such reversals can only be detrimental to the competitive spirit of American industry. For many years, the Navy has attempted to foster and maintain this spirit to ensure that we receive the most effective weapons systems and hardware attainable. If other considerations are to be introduced in to what hitherto has been a strictly competitive process, industry should know in advance the ground rules...
Indonesia, Malaya and the Philippines are "triplets who became separated at birth, who were placed under the care of different foster parents but who have now come of age and are trying to rediscover their common origin and shape their common destiny." This description of the three Malay states was offered last year by Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. In Manila last week, the top ministers of the three nations made plans to bring the triplets together again. The event suggested that, at least for the time being, cantankerous Indonesia is getting to be a more responsible citizen in the Southeast...
Poor No. He was an illegitimate child, farmed out to unfeeling foster parents. So naturally he grew up to be a mad scientist, joined the mad scientists' union (S.P.E.C.T.R.E.-the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion), and set out to rule the world. When 007 finds him, he is about to "topple" a U.S. rocket carrying an astronaut. 007 tries to stop him, but No sneers evilly and shuts Bond up in a warm, dark cell. To escape, 007 has to crawl through a steaming-hot tube about a mile long. He comes out limp. Doctor...