Word: well
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peace-hungry minds, Mr. Khrushchev's offer to scrap all armies will look very tempting and reasonable indeed. But I can mention a number of fairly prominent countries where the abolition of the armed forces would mean an immediate and effortless take-over for the extremely well-organized Communistic minority. In such places as Argentina, Indonesia, Iraq, etc., the armies are just holding their own against the subversive forces of Communism, and should the hypothetical case of complete disarmament become a reality, Western countries such as France, Italy and Finland could fall without a shot being fired...
...people and those of Russia (particularly her leaders) as any actual misdeeds by Russia may have been. You bring out Khrushchev's faults and choose to minimize or ignore the possibility of his sincerity. I am proud, and not afraid, to admire Mr. Khrushchev for what may well be genuine overtures in the direction of peace. I shall trust him. I shall not condemn him and slap him when he puts forth his hand in friendship...
...failures, however, have not been complete: while helping to destroy the myth that all school boards and trustees were negligent in failing to institute revised schedules, they provided a far clearer understanding of the potential, as well as of the inherent difficulties, of trying to modify the academic year...
...difficulty was not the program itself--educationally it "worked well," according to Dr. L. M. Wilson, superintendent of schools in Aliquippa at the time. But parental opposition to the staggered vacations and to summer work was overwhelming. Wilson explained that the school-board had "promised" to return to the old program when sufficient money was available, but strong community pressure was an important factor...
...high salaries now available at Exeter actually constitute a difficulty, for many of the older teachers are already well enough paid so that they would be very reluctant to start teaching full-time. The long summer vacation is one of the natural disadvantages of teaching, but it is also one of the great appeals...