Word: awarders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...solving the problem would be to divide the appropriation by the number of full-time students enrolled in college, then grant each a "per capita" award. But this suggestion, while seemingly egalitarian, would penalize the so-called "fringe" colleges, while giving too much to well-established institutions...
...award has already been made. Joseph Budin of Western Reserve University won the Edward Everett Original Oratory Contest in finals held last night at a sherry party in the Union...
...signing of the two artists is the first action taken by the Cambridge Drama Festival since the Metropolitan District Commission awarded it the right to operate at MeBAC this season. The award was protested by the Group 20 summer theatre of Wellesley, which demanded an equal share in the new theatre...
More Jobs v. Less Cost. Senator Scott made no bones of the fact that he had kept the pressure on the Defense Department and the White House, arguing that B.L.H. should get the award because Philadelphia was then an area of "substantial unemployment." But under a 1954 Executive Order by President Eisenhower, even substantial unemployment is not a valid argument if a domestic company's bid is 12% or more above the lowest foreign bid. B.L.H.'s bid was 21% higher than English Electric's. ODCM Chief Leo Hoegh got around that by arguing that a contract...
...Take Credit." ODCM's decision also raised complaints in Congress. Wisconsin's Democratic Congressman Henry Reuss asked the White House why the Tennessee Valley Authority last November awarded a $2,637,000 contract for electric generators to Switzerland's Brown Boveri instead of to the low domestic bidder, suburban Milwaukee's Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Louisiana Democrat T. Hale Boggs, chairman of the House reciprocal-trade-agreements subcommittee, promised a thorough investigation of the B.L.H. award. Asked Boggs: "Does this mean that we invoke the national-defense clause when an industry at home is having some...