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...this Intelligently developed, competently administered, and operated, an assistance program such as the Peace Corps tremendous potential for real achievement. A manpower short- the university-graduate level does exist in the under-developed and in many areas it is critical. American college graduates be capable of filling that gap, especially in the three major of education, public health, and agriculture. If their skills are effectively by national planning and development boards, and selection, training, and supervision is wisely administered country and overseas, there is every reason to believe that the young people can do a valuable and urgently needed...
Last week it seemed likely that all this would change, although naturally not for the better. Next fall, to endear itself to its affiliated stations, ABC will widen its yap gap on night-time programs to 40 seconds. CBS and NBC, of course, will meet the competition...
With a half mile to go the varsity had closed the gap to a third of a length, but could not gain any more...
...fiscal frustrations of the priestly life in the context of Italy's new prosperity are the main cause of the vocation gap. As Don Luigi Noli, who is in charge of vocations for the Genoa diocese, puts it: "Young people today think they know how to live. Before they're 18 they expect to earn 100,000 lire [$160] a month. How can you persuade them to become priests...
...underlining basic science, there is always the danger that the student will be unable to bridge the gap between principle and practice. M.I.T.'s faculty members are endlessly ingenious in devising ways to demonstrate actual use for the abstract. The result: a sort of do-it-your self system of science teaching...