Word: seeking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Members of the experiment actively seek adolescents in the Boston area and persuade them to come for an interview. "The first time one comes, whether or not he is three hours late, we pay him immediately in cash for coming." The payment of the subjects gives the experiment its unique twist. Street Corner Research does not try directly to reform juvenile delinquents, but treats the adolescents as employees and not as hoodlums...
...forward in the recognition of its role assuring opportunity for all who can profit by higher education. It seems unfortunate that such a forward step should be the occasion of doubt--doubt concerning the responsibility of our institutions of higher education, and doubt concerning the loyalty of those they seek to help along the road to greater service to their country. Robert F. Goheen, President...
Like other bombers, the B70 has an advantage over missiles: it can be recalled, recovered and redirected, can seek out mobile ground targets, and if it misses them, come back to fight again. But the Valkyrie's futuristic design embraces qualities far beyond the capabilities of a mere manned weapon. At its Mach 3 speeds and ultra-high altitudes, it makes an inexpensive, i.e., retrievable, launching platform for earth satellites: it could give the space-probing Xi$ a flashing running start, or fire a 9,500-lb. payload into a 300-mile orbit, or even substitute as a first...
...enter Greek politics," declared the Archbishop, "he did not see the Cyprus question with a clear eye." But plainly worried that Cyprus' hard-won independence settlement might be endangered by Grivas' demagoguery, Makarios also began seriously considering a closed-door meeting with the fiery general to seek a truce. His only hesitation: the danger that by so doing, he might focus public attention on Grivas, thereby help to raise the unpredictable old soldier to the level of a real political threat in Greece...
...instant lies a revolutionary new Brazilian coffee policy. For years Brazil operated as though it grew all the coffee in the world, refused to sell for less than its own pegged price, watched its markets and export income dwindle. Last year Brazil pulled out the peg, let prices seek their level, began selling hard. By August, coffee sales were setting records, and by last week the first two major effects could be plainly measured...