Word: tending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President himself has said that acceptance of presents by government officials should depend on good taste. A more pristine view might be adopted, however, to guard against graft and avoid any public misconceptions. No matter what the motive, all large gifts, whether beavers or just plain gold watches, tend to look like indirect payoffs for favors and thus discredit the government...
BUSINESSMEN in the U.S. are traditionally leery of government interference in the economy. Nations that have shed colonial rule tend to be equally suspicious of capitalism. Thus, a prime problem of the San Francisco conference was: Where should governments leave off and private enterprise take over in developing backward economies...
...foreign investment in the world's underdeveloped countries is not to be found in the tariff regulations or the laws governing the convertibility of currency. It exists instead in the minds and emotions of those who need foreign investment most. But because they often tend to equate it with 19th century-style colonialism, they are reluctant to accept...
...attempt to give minority groups equality, even when no discriminatory laws exist, can be painful. On Manhattan Island, there are nearly twice as many Negro and Puerto Rican students of elementary and junior high school age as there are white students. Because of residential patterns, however, white students tend to congregate in a few good New York public schools which send large groups of students to college. Negroes and Puerto Ricans, on the other hand, crowd the "difficult schools," where a lack of experienced teachers and a downgraded curriculum destroy any opportunities they might otherwise have...
...over Procter & Gamble's $30 million purchase of Clorox Chemical Co., biggest U.S. seller of household liquid bleach. Federal Trade Commission says that purchase gives P. & G. 48% of liquid-bleach market (v. 16% for nearest competitor), charges that combination of two companies may "substantially lessen competition" or "tend to create a monopoly" in home-laundry business...