Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...threats do not succeed in producing valuables, one member of the gang will beat her-often someone under the age of 16 and thus a juvenile in the eyes of the law. The rights of juveniles are so well protected that it is next to impossible to send them away for any length of time. About 75% of the juveniles apprehended in The Bronx and brought into family court have been arrested before and let go, frequently several times over. Knowing how weak the laws are, many elderly victims refuse to prosecute their attackers, fearing that the hoodlums will soon...
...however, believes that guidelines can succeed if the Government overheats the economy by pumping in too much money. The White House cannot persuade unions and companies to obey guidelines in a boom atmosphere-but that is far from what the U.S. has today...
...added that she does not feel "one can fail or succeed in a fund drive of this sort. You just have to postpone it until the climate is right...
...native Memphis or in Washington, where he is the first and only black member of the Federal Communications Commission, know better. Hooks, 51, is a shrewd, articulate spokesman for his race. His country cover was probably blown for good when he was named this month to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of the N.A.A.C.P., the country's oldest civil rights organization...
Courses legislated into existence without standing the test of the "marketplace" ae not likely to please either the students or the staff. A course evolved from the special interstst and achievements of its designer is far more likely to succeed than one designed by committee. The effect on their enthusiasm and spirit of working through courses the students find unusually dull or distasteful is distinctly negative and damaging to other parts of their careers...