Word: training
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Train Talk. Reagan raced through his old standard speech, which he had honed with some new sarcastic edges. He accused President Ford of being soft on inflation and Big Government spending, noting that "it took this nation 166 years, until the middle of World War II, to finally accumulate a debt of $95 billion. It took the Administration just the last twelve months to add $95 billion to the debt...
...leading a double life ever since. Before leaving his Princeton home for Manhattan (50 miles away) each day, he attends English department meetings and directs the university's theater and dance program, which he initiated in 1974. Unlike those of most universities, the program is not designed to train students to go directly on the stage after graduation. Explains Seltzer: "I am not interested in increasing the number of unemployed actors. I believe that a study of theater is the best way to expand minds and sharpen emotions." Indeed only a small percentage of the 200 students enrolled...
...after the present plan was devised, seven years after excavation crews began tearing up the streets, the first subway system in the nation's capital was opened to the public last week-40 months behind schedule. In some ways the delay seemed worthwhile. The silver-and-chocolate-colored trains, guided by computers, glide at speeds of up to 75 m.p.h. on cushioned rails. For security, there are TV cameras that tilt, pan and zoom, as well as cops on every train. Many of the stations will feature $1-a-day "Park & Ride" lots for motorists, "Bike & Ride" racks...
...taking jobs in government without a strong public policy background. After some discussion with John Dunlop, dean of the Faculty at the time, and Donald K. Price, dean of the Kennedy School of Government, Bok decided to push for a broad ranging public policy program at Harvard that would train this new breed of student for careers in public service...
...makes a difference to those of us who train indoors all year," Downey said yesterday...