Word: tend
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Perhaps, the best way to solve the adult literacy problem is by prevention--with better instruction and services for all children, and particularly for those that tend to lag behind. We need to provide help to the millions of children who have special problems in learning to read and who tend to remain behind in reading and related academic subjects during elementary and high school...
...future is only one of many possible outcomes. Other benign, or horrendous, outcomes are possible. What is important is that we should not let our imaginations be captured solely by images of imminent holocaust or by cynical views of the immutability of our dependence upon nuclear weapons, for both tend to stifle the modest efforts we can and should make now so that the next generations have more opportunity to develop a better future...
...merchandisers, notably Sears, to start selling cassettes in their stores. Mom-and-pop shops, which started out in rentals only, have been slow to adapt to the trend. One reason is the higher cost of selling tapes outright, since the stores must pay for large inventories. Big retail chains tend to get better wholesale terms from the movie studios and therefore are able to offer lower prices to consumers...
Like North, the rest of the cowboys tend to be hard-line conservatives who crave adventure and seem to generate controversy. Howard Teicher, 35, a respected expert on the Middle East, recently emerged as a source of a Washington disinformation campaign designed to suggest, among other things, that the U.S. was planning military moves against Libya. The Administration caused a furor last month when it admitted that the reports were false...
Companies tend to prefer the closed method because they can choose which students to interview, says Linda Z. Chernick, the associate director of the OCS who supervises recruiting. This February, 26 companies will participate in the bid method, while 87 already have opted for the closed process which began this fall...