Word: complexe
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...seven years from a high school classroom (where he taught history, geography and Portuguese literature) to the governorship of São Paulo, Brazil's richest, most powerful state. As Governor, he spent liberally on public works that now support the nation's most bustling industrial complex (steel, automobiles, appliances)-but also got rid of some 15,000 featherbedding state workers...
...destroyed by war. We hope, too, that as we for an alternative, we will also developing new modes of social growth. The present dependence on violence as the final arbiter of conflict, and the investment in armaments, plunge us into a current so awesome, fascinating and demanding that the complex and outrageous steps that must be taken to end the arms race us. We have not given up hope, although we recognize the obstacles to peace, and the radical changes which eventually would require in our society and in the world. We must have the courage of our imagination, questioning...
...Improper Action." When Kennedy had finished, the ministers applauded politely, then opened fire, often with complex questions. Kennedy fielded skillfully. Yes, he said, he would attend any non-Catholic religious service "that has any connection with my public office." No, he would not request Boston's Cardinal Gushing to ask the Vatican to "authorize" Kennedy's views on church-state separation because, just as Kennedy expected the church to keep out of his politics, so he intended to keep out of church matters. What if the Catholic Church used its "privilege and obligation," as white-haired Baptist Minister...
...others. Incidence of infectious hepatitis, a debilitating and sometimes fatal viral disease of the liver, which can be transmitted by polluted water, is up 71% over 1959. Says the U.S. Public Health Service: "The problem of keeping enough water clean enough to protect the public health has become enormously complex, difficult and urgent...
...subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest way to any child at any stage of development." The method: early emphasis on the "structure" of each subject -the most basic ideas underlying all science, math and literature. Once grasped, the basics free the mind to explore more complex things with a growing "sense of excitement about discovery...