Word: agee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later in this speech, Gettell brought up the sociological problems of educating women in the modern age. He first observed that "man's life is divided into two phases: first, early years of training and schooling, then an adult lifetime in gainful occupation...
...third son of a Milwaukee grocer of German descent, he showed an early leaning to the priesthood (his sister, a nun, remembers that at the age of five he used to play at saying Mass with a cloth over an old table and a glass of water for the chalice of wine). In his early parish at Waukesha, Wis., and later as bishop of Superior, Wis., Meyer was more noted as an able administrator than as a fighter for causes, has rarely committed himself on social issues...
Until recently, said Secretary Anderson, the Government has been able to sell huge amounts of its securities to Government trust funds such as Social Security old-age and unemployment-compensation funds. "Over the past ten years," he said, "these funds added $20 billion to their holdings of Government securities as their reserves accumulated. Currently, however, the flow is being reversed; benefits and other payments are exceeding receipts, and there will be a decline in holdings this year." Now that the Government trust funds are reducing their holdings, Secretary Anderson said that the nation's private savings institutions should take...
...sell? If the '59s catch on, they could lead the U.S. economy to its greatest boom. If they flop, recovery might be plodding. Last week, even discounting the usual dealer enthusiasm, the cars looked mighty hot. Government economists, weighing such factors as auto prices, population growth and the age of cars now on the road, predicted 1959-model sales...
...Age also declared that he would make no further public appearances this year. He cited the work pressures of College as the main reason for this decision. At present, he is writing his Honors thesis in Oriental History...