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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Accurate Inaccuracy. The statistics based on the interviews add up all right, said Dr. Kubie, but may be "accurate recording of inaccurate data...
...offer to G.M.'s 225,000 workers was a flat 3?-an-hour increase now, plus an 8? hourly boost which would increase or decrease as the cost of living rose or fell. If the Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumers' price index rises, G.M. would add 1? to wages for each 1.14 points of higher prices.* If the index falls, 1? would be subtracted on the same scale. But there would be a floor on the downside; no more than 5? would be subtracted during the contract's two-year life. There would be another flat...
Financial considerations are always important in idealistic educational plans. To give group tutorial to all the men in a field, however, would probably cost no more than to tutor the honors candidates individually. To use conference groups half the size of the section metings of today would undoubtedly add temporary faculty members--and salaries --to the staff, but part of this expense might be equated by savings gained by dropping examinations...
Most telecasters believe that eventually Hollywood will be forced to spend at least 50% of its time and effort on making films that television can afford. So far, except for a few shorts, the only films being specially made for television are commercials, which often add a new dimension of irritation to radio advertising. In a typical TV plug, the camera peers fixedly at a chart, showing the superior cushion effect of Firestone tires. Or it may ogle a picturesque blonde, pointing out the virtues of a refrigerator. Rarely has television hit on a first-class formula, like Lucky Strike...
...went on to add that perhaps a few extra advertisements might be added to the Red Book to help "even things up," but hastened to make clear that the publication date would not be affected at all by the robbery...