Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...success rate has been high. Fully 95% of the center's students complete a six-month term in one of eight vocational programs. Of those who graduate, 96% have been placed in jobs, and the vast majority stay employed for the long term. With that record, the El Paso center has ranked No. 1 for the past ten years among the 107 Job Corps units in the U.S. Declares Director David Carrasco: "The community is sold on us. We're turning out a proven product...
...gives his charges plenty of incentives, including cash bonuses of $25 to the Corps Member of the Month and $15 for outstanding arts-and-crafts work. He encourages esprit-building projects: the trainees are refurbishing several old trolley cars to be operated as tourist attractions in El Paso. Alumni success stories serve as sources of inspiration. After being hired as a switchboard operator, a young woman wrote the center saying "This check will make me the first in my family not to be eligible for food stamps...
...Soviet affairs at West Germany's Foreign Policy Research Institute. "When it became evident in January 1987 that the Central Committee would not accept some of his changes, he stepped back and organized a party conference to get them through." Even so, most analysts warned that Gorbachev's success in winning institutional reform only underscored the largely unmet challenges of economic perestroika (restructuring). The conference featured several speeches by delegates complaining about the inadequacy of food supplies and the poor quality of housing under the present system...
...intricacies of the plot, the vivid emotions of the characters, the compelling acting--all contribute to the movie's success, thought it is the powerful political message which viewers are left remembering...
...with most playwrights who score a success the first time out, Povod was hammered by reviewers for his next effort, La Puta Vida, a trio of one-acts depicting sexual depravity and family murder. "Those guys have no contact with people like us, so how can they judge you fairly?" says Povod of his critics...