Word: resulting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...training at federal centers has cut some graduates' repeater rate by 15%. Texas boasts a remarkable six-week course at a relaxed center near Houston, where civilian volunteers (bankers, auto salesmen, personnel experts) teach felons how to get loans, buy cars, apply for jobs-things many never knew. Result: a repeater rate of 13.9%, down from 35% five years...
...jump. And Beamon is still deciding how far to run before takeoff: he usually favors a run of 134 ft, but both his world records came off runs of 114 ft. Moreover, he cannot be bothered counting strides or placing checkpoints along the runway with the result that while he prefers to take off from his right foot, he sometimes reaches the board with his left...
...Angeles' case, as in many others, the growth is producing an ever-expanding circle of satellite towns, with citizens showing an increased interest in local affairs. To give them the local news they want, Chandler decided there was no substitute for being on the spot. The result appeared last week: the Orange County edition, edited, printed and partly written by a 32-man Times satellite staff operating entirely* in Orange County...
...were destroyed or stunted by the chemicals. On one reef, lobsters, shrimp and crabs were virtually wiped out, starfish and sea urchins vanished. In tidal zones, limpets and other browsing creatures that keep shore lines free of decayed material and control the growth of seaweed were decimated. As a result, portions of the Cornwall coast are overgrown with seaweed this year...
Every so often, TV ups and breaks a precedent. This season, spurred by the expanding market for specials, a few producers are taking a stab at new subjects. Trouble is, they try so hard to be original that the result is often a case of overdoing the underdone...