Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Easy. Spurred by these examples, many other firms are conducting studies to seek out their best civilian niche, but they are finding that it is a big turn from a space-age military product to an item for industry or the consumer. One major obstacle is that defense companies have neither the marketing nor the production facilities to switch over smoothly even to limited civilian goods. Such problems only harden the conviction in both industry and Government that the search must be pushed vigorously if the defense industry is to win the battle of change...
...seek out the reasons for which individuals and groups did what they did, and in each case the method of the search is itself part of the process of understanding. Both strive for a precise, detailed reconstruction of the circumstances surrounding an action: both operate on the assumption that the patience of the investigator will bring its appropriate reward...both distrust the ready explanation that springs first to mind. The connection between the two seems obvious, but it has only recently been explicitly recognized...
...should be a year in which we take further steps toward that goal." Following up, he issued a statement expressing confidence that "we as a nation are fully alert to Communist tactics after 15 years of cold war," but it would be "muddleheaded" for the U.S. not to seek new breakthroughs for peace for fear of "being taken in by Communist tactics...
...where Anglo-Indian girls receive patrons in high-ceilinged boudoirs with brilliant red curtains. Many of Bombay's estimated 70,000 whores are Devadasis, who practice prostitution in the name of religion. The custom dates back to the 3rd century, and, in its present form, Devadasi parents who seek a particular favor from their deity will vow, if the favor is granted, to make a prostitute of an infant daughter when she eventually reaches the age of puberty...
M.I.T. is currently reviewing its whole financial aid program, and Jack Frailey, director of financial aid, said yesterday that while the university had not yet decided to seek NDEA funds "we very well might." M.I.T. has traditionally relied more heavily on loan funds than Harvard in awarding financial aid, and up to now has been able to meet the cost of the program through endowment...