Word: recruite
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...complaint states there has been "no conscious effort" to recruit blacks to the force despite Cambridge's 6.8-per-cent black population, which is rising...
...Judith Farrow (Julie Andrews), secretary to a well-placed British official. Omar claims it is love at first sight. She thinks he is just after a quick roll in the hay. A British intelligence officer - crabbily, almost picture-savingly played by Anthony Quayle - insists that Sharif is trying to recruit her for his spy network...
...that blacks have been moving into skilled and managerial jobs. Besides a generally fast-expanding economy in the past decade, there have been other contributing factors: pressure from the Federal Government to end discrimination in the marketplace; a more enlightened attitude on the part of business leaders, who actively recruit blacks; and of course the pertinacity of blacks themselves who recognize their opportunities and seize them. Surveying the job market from the vantage point of more than 30 years as publisher of Ebony, John H. Johnson marvels at the change. When he first started publishing, he saw only white faces...
...helped pull the hoses into line. "It's on-the-job training," said a proud but anxious Ali from a safe distance. As for Steve, he proved something of a distraction. One smoke-choked and begrimed L.A.F.D. member did a double take when he saw the new recruit. "My wife will never believe this," he said...
During a break the students and instructors mingle. "How are you going to change something that has been going on for so many years?" asks a recruit. "Maybe the street just crumbles you," says another. Detective Lynn Cutler replies: "When you help people day in and day out and don't get the thanks you think you deserve, it's rough. I know that. But your job is to be a professional. We didn't say it was easy...