Word: lesser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moved irresistably into Vietnam, he also saw the high quality officers left over from World War II retire, replaced by lesser men that had brought up the rear. Television made Vietnam the living room war, and Westmoreland and Abrams became the prop and make-up men. With a unique perspective on the Army's ills, Herbert was still sure they could be cured from within, simply by going by the book. For three tours in Indochina, he did exactly that...
...Lesser said that the show also tried to portray integrated situations in which children played happily. "We wanted to show that people can treat each other with kindness in an integrated neighborhood," he said...
...preparing new programs, Lesser said that the Children's Television Workshop, which he heads, watches children as they view the past episodes of "Sesame Street." By doing this, he said that the Workshop has discovered such things as the fact that children enjoy watching adults making mistakes when the child knows the answer...
...Lesser said that "Sesame Street" enjoys enormous popularity among ghetto children. He cited survey estimates which showed that about 60 per cent of inner city children of three, four or five years of age watch the program regularly...
...future, "Sesame Street" will concentrate more on "social-emotional development," Lesser said...