Word: fostering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...virus strain was prevalent in 1947-57, many Americans over 25 have some if not substantial immunity. As a result, few if any of the academies' faculty members were among the victims. "It's one of the advantages of being middle-aged," said Dr. Richard S. Foster, the air academy's chief medical officer. How fast this new/old flu will spread among the population at large, however, is unpredictable. It could go on a nationwide rampage within the remaining weeks of winter, or spread slowly, person to person, until next fall's flu season...
...excellent play of Penn's Jon Foster proved to be too much for John Havens as the Quaker won in three, 15-18, 9-15, 13-15. Havens, whose mobility is still hampered by an injured knee, could not retrieve Foster's drop shots even when he anticipated them...
...whole idea of Micronesian unity was invented and fostered by the U.S.," explains Peter Rosenblatt, President Carter's representative at the talks. "We take every opportunity that we can to foster the idea, but the Marshallese and Palauan leaders will not accept...
...contribution. The Soviet Union has nothing to lose from a peaceful solution; indeed, a normalized Middle East should enable all countries to pursue their global policies on the basis of equality. If the Soviet Union encourages intransigence, the motive must be either hurt vanity or an attempt to foster tensions and to improve the opportunities for Soviet penetration. There is no reason to assuage the former, and it is in the interests of all nations to resist the latter...
...brain-truster who headed the Federal Reserve Board for twelve tumultuous years; in Salt Lake City. Though a Republican, Mormon Eccles was one of Franklin Roosevelt's earliest backers, and after being named Fed chairman in 1936, he kept monetary policy in step with New Deal efforts to foster economic recovery and fight World War II through massive deficit spending. Accused of turning the Fed into "an engine of inflation," he subsequently tightened up credit and so vigorously reasserted the board's independence that Harry Truman refused to reappoint...