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In addition to the interlibrary loan service and the children 's program, headquarters has a public relations director who seeks to get wider grassroots support for quality library service in the county ; it prepares cooperative displays ( posters, booklists, brochures, and other promotional material ) for use in membe... | reports | {
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The system itself is governed by a board of trustees, geographically representing its membership. | governed | {
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The system itself is governed by a board of trustees, geographically representing its membership. | representing | {
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In Nassau, as in other systems, the long-range objective is to bring the maximum service of libraries to bear on the schools, and on adult education in general. | is | {
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In Nassau, as in other systems, the long-range objective is to bring the maximum service of libraries to bear on the schools, and on adult education in general. | bring | {
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In Nassau, as in other systems, the long-range objective is to bring the maximum service of libraries to bear on the schools, and on adult education in general. | bear on | {
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Librarians, a patient breed of men and women who have borne much with dedication, can begin to see results today. | borne | {
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Librarians, a patient breed of men and women who have borne much with dedication, can begin to see results today. | begin | {
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Librarians, a patient breed of men and women who have borne much with dedication, can begin to see results today. | see | {
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Library use is multiplying daily, and the bulk of the newcomers are those maligned Americans, the teen-agers. | multiplying | {
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Library use is multiplying daily, and the bulk of the newcomers are those maligned Americans, the teen-agers. | are | {
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To them especially the librarians, with the help of co-ops, hope they will never have to say, `` I 'm sorry, we do n't have that book ''. | hope | {
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To them especially the librarians, with the help of co-ops, hope they will never have to say, `` I 'm sorry, we do n't have that book ''. | say | {
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To them especially the librarians, with the help of co-ops, hope they will never have to say, `` I 'm sorry, we do n't have that book ''. | 'm | {
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Today, more than ever before, the survival of our free society depends upon the citizen who is both informed and concerned. | depends upon | {
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Today, more than ever before, the survival of our free society depends upon the citizen who is both informed and concerned. | is | {
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The great advances made in recent years in Communist strength and in our own capacity to destroy require an educated citizenry in the Western world. | made | {
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The great advances made in recent years in Communist strength and in our own capacity to destroy require an educated citizenry in the Western world. | destroy | {
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The great advances made in recent years in Communist strength and in our own capacity to destroy require an educated citizenry in the Western world. | require | {
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The need for lifetime reading is apparent. | is | {
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Education must not be limited to our youth but must be a continuing process through our entire lives, for it is only through knowledge that we, as a nation, can cope with the dangers that threaten our society. | be | {
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Education must not be limited to our youth but must be a continuing process through our entire lives, for it is only through knowledge that we, as a nation, can cope with the dangers that threaten our society. | threaten | {
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The desire and ability to read are important aspects of our cultural life. | read | {
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We cannot consider ourselves educated if we do not read ; if we are not discriminating in our reading ; if we do not know how to use what we do read. | consider | {
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We cannot consider ourselves educated if we do not read ; if we are not discriminating in our reading ; if we do not know how to use what we do read. | read | {
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We cannot consider ourselves educated if we do not read ; if we are not discriminating in our reading ; if we do not know how to use what we do read. | know | {
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We cannot consider ourselves educated if we do not read ; if we are not discriminating in our reading ; if we do not know how to use what we do read. | read | {
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We must not permit our society to become a slave to the scientific age, as might well happen without the cultural and spiritual restraint that comes from the development of the human mind through wisdom absorbed from the written word. | permit | {
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We must not permit our society to become a slave to the scientific age, as might well happen without the cultural and spiritual restraint that comes from the development of the human mind through wisdom absorbed from the written word. | become | {
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We must not permit our society to become a slave to the scientific age, as might well happen without the cultural and spiritual restraint that comes from the development of the human mind through wisdom absorbed from the written word. | happen | {
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We must not permit our society to become a slave to the scientific age, as might well happen without the cultural and spiritual restraint that comes from the development of the human mind through wisdom absorbed from the written word. | absorbed | {
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A fundamental source of knowledge in the world today is the book found in our libraries. | is | {
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Although progress has been made in America 's system of libraries it still falls short of what is required if we are to maintain the standards that are needed for an informed America. | made | {
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Although progress has been made in America 's system of libraries it still falls short of what is required if we are to maintain the standards that are needed for an informed America. | falls short of | {
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The problem grows in intensity each year as man 's knowledge, and his capacity to translate such knowledge to the written word, continue to expand. | grows | {
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The problem grows in intensity each year as man 's knowledge, and his capacity to translate such knowledge to the written word, continue to expand. | continue | {
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The inadequacy of our library system will become critical unless we act vigorously to correct this condition. | become | {
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The inadequacy of our library system will become critical unless we act vigorously to correct this condition. | act | {
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The inadequacy of our library system will become critical unless we act vigorously to correct this condition. | correct | {
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In college libraries, 57 per cent of the total number of books are owned by 124 of 1509 institutions surveyed last year by the U. S. Office of Education. | owned | {
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In college libraries, 57 per cent of the total number of books are owned by 124 of 1509 institutions surveyed last year by the U. S. Office of Education. | surveyed | {
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And over 66 per cent of the elementary schools with 150 or more pupils do not have any library at all. | have | {
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In every aspect of service - to the public, to children in schools, to colleges and universities - the library of today is failing to render vitally needed services. | failing | {
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In every aspect of service - to the public, to children in schools, to colleges and universities - the library of today is failing to render vitally needed services. | render | {
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Only public understanding and support can provide that service. | provide | {
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This is one of the main reasons for National Library Week, April 16 - 22, and for its theme : `` For a richer, fuller life, read ''! | is | {
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This is one of the main reasons for National Library Week, April 16 - 22, and for its theme : `` For a richer, fuller life, read ''! | read | {
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If we look about the world today, we can see clearly that there are two especially significant factors shaping the future of our civilization : science and religion. | look | {
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If we look about the world today, we can see clearly that there are two especially significant factors shaping the future of our civilization : science and religion. | shaping | {
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Science is placing in our hands the ultimate power of the universe, the power of the atom. | placing | {
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Religion, or the lack of it, will decide whether we use this power to build a brave new world of peace and abundance for all mankind, or whether we misuse this power to leave a world utterly destroyed. | decide | {
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Religion, or the lack of it, will decide whether we use this power to build a brave new world of peace and abundance for all mankind, or whether we misuse this power to leave a world utterly destroyed. | use | {
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Religion, or the lack of it, will decide whether we use this power to build a brave new world of peace and abundance for all mankind, or whether we misuse this power to leave a world utterly destroyed. | build | {
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Religion, or the lack of it, will decide whether we use this power to build a brave new world of peace and abundance for all mankind, or whether we misuse this power to leave a world utterly destroyed. | misuse | {
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Religion, or the lack of it, will decide whether we use this power to build a brave new world of peace and abundance for all mankind, or whether we misuse this power to leave a world utterly destroyed. | leave | {
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How can we have the wisdom to meet such a new and difficult challenge? | have | {
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How can we have the wisdom to meet such a new and difficult challenge? | meet | {
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We may feel pessimistic at the outlook. | feel | {
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And yet there is a note of hope, because this same science that is giving us the power of the atom is also giving us atomic vision. | is | {
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And yet there is a note of hope, because this same science that is giving us the power of the atom is also giving us atomic vision. | giving | {
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And yet there is a note of hope, because this same science that is giving us the power of the atom is also giving us atomic vision. | giving | {
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We are looking inside the atom and seeing there a universe which is not material but something beyond the material, a universe that in a word is not matter but music. | looking | {
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We are looking inside the atom and seeing there a universe which is not material but something beyond the material, a universe that in a word is not matter but music. | seeing | {
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We are looking inside the atom and seeing there a universe which is not material but something beyond the material, a universe that in a word is not matter but music. | is | {
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We are looking inside the atom and seeing there a universe which is not material but something beyond the material, a universe that in a word is not matter but music. | is | {
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And it is in this new vision of the atom that we find an affirmation and an invigoration of our faith. | is | {
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And it is in this new vision of the atom that we find an affirmation and an invigoration of our faith. | find | {
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To see this vision in perspective, we need first of all a clear idea of the magnitude of this new power from the atom. | see | {
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To see this vision in perspective, we need first of all a clear idea of the magnitude of this new power from the atom. | need | {
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You know that I could hold right here in my hand the little chunk of uranium metal that was the heart of the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. | know | {
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You know that I could hold right here in my hand the little chunk of uranium metal that was the heart of the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. | hold | {
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You know that I could hold right here in my hand the little chunk of uranium metal that was the heart of the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. | was | {
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You know that I could hold right here in my hand the little chunk of uranium metal that was the heart of the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. | dropped | {
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It was only about the size of a baseball ; but packed in that metallic ball there was the explosive force of 20000 tons of TNT. | was | {
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It was only about the size of a baseball ; but packed in that metallic ball there was the explosive force of 20000 tons of TNT. | packed | {
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It was only about the size of a baseball ; but packed in that metallic ball there was the explosive force of 20000 tons of TNT. | was | {
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That is enough TNT to fill the tower of the Empire State Building ; and with the availability of bombs of that size, war became a new problem. | is | {
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That is enough TNT to fill the tower of the Empire State Building ; and with the availability of bombs of that size, war became a new problem. | fill | {
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That is enough TNT to fill the tower of the Empire State Building ; and with the availability of bombs of that size, war became a new problem. | became | {
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Now we might have restricted the use of uranium bombs by controlling the sources of uranium because it is found in only a few places in the world. | restricted | {
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Now we might have restricted the use of uranium bombs by controlling the sources of uranium because it is found in only a few places in the world. | controlling | {
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But we had hardly started to adjust our thinking to this new uranium weapon when we were faced with the hydrogen bomb. | started | {
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But we had hardly started to adjust our thinking to this new uranium weapon when we were faced with the hydrogen bomb. | faced | {
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Hydrogen is just as plentiful as uranium is scarce. | is | {
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