Abt
- proper noun
- /æbt/
- The most successful antiviolence programs identify problems down to the level of individuals and direct intensive resources at them, said Thomas Abt, a senior research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
- Mr. Abt
- Thomas Abt
- Abt said
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Tatjana thanked the Abts for their hospitality and kindness.
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While frustrating, the experience nevertheless affirms that research does produce useful answers for reducing violence, and that those solutions require concentrated attention in specific high-need areas, Mr. Abt said.
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The program pays for itself many times over, largely through eventually lower crime rates among their children, Mr. Abt said.
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According to Ap.J. editor Helmut Abt
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Courtesy of Thomas Abt.
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That basic experience has been repeated elsewhere, said Mr. Abt, who led a review that covered more than 1,400 antiviolence initiatives.
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Helping those people and areas—jobs, education, government services—is expensive but clearly works, Mr. Abt said.
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"Sustainability is a real challenge," said Thomas Abt, a senior research fellow and adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Center for International Development at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
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We received a very warm and informative note from Clark Abt.
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Sam Abt has covered the Tour de France for decades for The New York Times and International Herald Tribune.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abt is a German surname that comes from the word abbot, which means 'head of a monastery', so it probably began as a name for someone who was an abbot or who worked for one.