Word: trained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...drugs were found accidentally in a semi-annual locker clearance, which was announced a week in advance. The coin-operated lockers, similar to those in many train stations, are not restricted to B.U. students...
Even if birth-control pills were economical, it would be an uphill battle to train peasant women in their regular use. These days, the government is relying instead on the cheaper intrauterine plastic loop. Though it is about the simplest and most economical contraceptive available to India, the coil-shaped device has given rise to a host of rumors, one of them a report that it gives the husband an electric shock. More than 1,000,000 women have been fitted with the loops at clinics. Another 1,780,000 Indians have voluntarily undergone sterilization (for payments of less than...
...short train ride from London, in Britain's dreary industrial Midlands, the town of Kettering was long distinguished solely for its output of inexpensive shoes, produced by the millions at local factories. Now the town has won new honors. Using makeshift equipment, a physics teacher and a group of bright high school boys at Kettering Grammar School have discovered the location of a new and previously unannounced rocket-launching site in Russia...
...record of the ten-day quest-a flight from Florida to Paris, train to Brest and back-comes with an engaging disclaimer. The tale is told, writes Kerouac, "for no other reason but companionship. This book'll say, in effect, have pity on us all and don't get mad at me for writing...
Further counselling would be available from National Service Placement Centers. There young men wanting to enter non-military service, but unsure about which particular activity they prefer, could take mental and physical tests, train in a given skill, and learn about openings in the volunteer world...