Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...discussion of the broader movement within the Church and a section on Ivan Illich, it necessarily centers on them. Hers is the most complete chronicle to date of the Berrigans' activity, and it is a particularly important book in view of the U. S. government's latest at tempt to discredit their movement and intimidate others who would join them...
...fuss and fury over reading techniques may be a thing of the past. But the familiar truism remains: for most children, learning in school depends primarily on the caliber of the teacher. Perhaps the greatest danger in the new wealth of reading materials is that it will tempt some schools to spend money on flashy hardware and neglect the job of teaching teachers how to use it effectively...
...transformation of the Soviet Union from a Eurasian power to an intercontinental one. The U.S.S.R. now possesses military capabilities far beyond those at the command of previous Soviet leaders. In earlier periods our strategic superiority gave us a margin of safety. Now, however, the growth of Soviet power could tempt Soviet leaders into bolder challenges. It could lead them to underestimate the risks of certain policies. The existing military balance does not permit us to judge the significance of Soviet actions only by what they say-or even what we believe-are their intentions. We must measure their actions...
...meeting with Kissinger," Raffel said yesterday, "we will at-tempt to find out just where the foreign policy is coming from and hopefully, where it's going...
...School. On the especially touchy question of school busing, the California Supreme Court has issued an ingenious opinion that may well tempt other state courts. In an indirect effort to blunt school integration, California, like many states and communities, had passed a law that banned busing of children without a parent's consent. With equal indirection, the California court upheld the busing consent regulation -but warned that school boards may, without parental agreement, still assign children to distant schools in order to achieve integration. Thus a child is no longer required to take the school bus in California...