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Word: allowables (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some controversy was aroused at the MDC meeting Thursday because the arts center issue was not placed on the agenda until noontime of that day. Cook urged that a decision be postponed in order to allow further time to study the lease, but he was voted down...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: MDC Approves Proposal To Found New Theatre | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...would lend themselves admirably to such a change, for their educational level is often above that of any other group of trainees, and the RFA's above all, would benefit the most by the more intense training which would allow them more time for advanced training in other fields...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: The Six-Month Program: A Critical Appraisal | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...have a solid knowledge of their subject matter. Most RFA's to whom I spoke said the time spent in schools was the most valuable part of their six months training. Schools which require long periods of atendance are generally not available. Of course, a shortened basic training might allow more men into these highly specialized--and hard to fill--fields...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: The Six-Month Program: A Critical Appraisal | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...Allow two-thirds of the Senators "present and voting" to end filibusters, as against the old requirement of two-thirds of the entire Senate membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Maintaining Reason | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

Many a U.S. corporation has met with equal disaster. A Midwestern auto supplier planned a highly automated plant to make auto frames. But he did not allow sufficient lead time to get out all the bugs. The automated equipment was out of line, would not pass the parts along, and the company had to return to manual equipment to meet production schedules. A Los Angeles wholesale drug company automated the ordering and billing for its warehouse. But hardly had the warehouse started to operate when it had to shut down for nearly two months to straighten out its affairs after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOMATION: It Won't Help Everybody | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

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