Word: developmental
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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The other Asians are uneasy at the speed, the size and the cost of the invasion. They tend to play down or overlook Japan's growing aid to the area. Tokyo is paying out $1.5 billion in World War II reparations, has given $220 million to the Asian Development...
Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi attributes Japan's troubles abroad to the "social maladroitness" of an island people unused to dealing with others. The Japanese realize that much of the criticism is overdrawn, but it stings nonetheless, and they are pondering ways to improve their image. Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam...
Admittedly, fluoridation of water is not the whole answer to dental health. The fluorides protect the sides of the teeth more than the grinding surfaces of molars, which have tiny fissures in them where decay often begins, especially in adolescents. For these surfaces, Dr. Michael Buonocore of the Eastman Dental...
Challenge to Boosterism. The need to balance population growth against its social cost will wrench the thinking of bankers, storekeepers and politicians. Slower growth for Houston, Akron or Miami? The idea violates all the tenets of local boosterism. A tremendous amount of entrepreneurial effort is harnessed to the expectation of...
Reshaping economic growth to create a cleaner, better society involves a difficult choice: How does the nation want to distribute its income and physical resources? There is a price that must be paid for raising the quality of life, just as there is for increasing the horsepower of an auto...