Word: questioned
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...better, as many others do. But when he comes down to a concrete proposal, he mentions reducing the strings on federal grants to the states in such fields as education and health, something the House Republicans have long urged. Rarely is he caught without an apt response in the question-and-answer sessions-though in Idaho, when pressed to propose a new farm policy, he was both hesitant and hazy...
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...
Five Doubles. When the slaughter was over, the first question was how Houston could ever have beaten U.C.L.A. The second was why the sportswriters could have considered the January game anything but a fluke, a good team catching a great team on a very off night. Without making excuses, U.C.L.A.'s Coach Wooden at the time pointed out that 7-ft. If -in. Lew Alcindor was still seeing double, after an eye injury, that Guard Mike Warren, the team's playmaker, was weak with...
...soon as the victory parade is over. Caesar is a visionary; they know it and fear him for it. He wants power to establish order, to set up a world republic; the corrupt bosses want to split the spoils he has won so dearly. Question: Should he return to Rome and retire to polish his trophies, or should he move in as dictator to reform the state...
...President Pusey and the man who makes the decisions on television broadcasts, has repeatedly declined to define exactly what "balance" means. The closest definition he has given of the policy would describe as balanced an event airing both sides of an argument, such as a speech with a question-and-answer period provided...