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Word: basic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...basic structure of the Drive, however, will remain unchanged. An advisory Board composed of various student leaders and the co-chairmen will co-ordinate the venture, while the Student Council will retain final authority...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Presidents of Final Clubs To Advise Charities Drive | 5/27/1959 | See Source »

FRANCE: The Germans had been admitted but not as full participants-and letting the East Germans come within shouting range of the place was a basic mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pitchmanship at Geneva | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...Congress has even lost much of its old control of the national purse, historically the basic and decisive power of Parliaments. In 1957's Battle of the Budget, Congress huffed and puffed about cutting, but when the din died away, the President's budget was only nicked and scratched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE U.S. CONGRESS Is It Victim to Democratism? | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...basic Harris proposition: if college enrollment doubles on schedule in ten to twelve years, to 6,000,000. annual costs will triple to $9 billion, and may be inflation-fueled to $11 billion. Therefore needed: at least $6 billion more yearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Needed: $6 Billion a Year | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

Concerned over "the excessive use of credit for purchasing securities," the Federal Reserve Board last week ordered new regulations to curb stock market credit. The Fed kept its basic rule that investors must put up 90% cash on new stock purchases. It added new provisions, effective June 15, to cover accounts in which stocks were bought on margin before the present margin rate. Formerly, if an investor sold stock, held on a margin below 90%, he had to use only 10% of the proceeds to pay off his debt to the broker. Now he must apply 50% of the proceeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Tighter Credit | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

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