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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assumption of an air of condescending superiority to the lesser breeds of Dedham. Isn't it enough to be the oldest and the richest, and otherwise just to do our job happily and with a quiet pride in what we hope is general excellance? If we also boast about has the most brilliant student body in country we might become insufferable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ex-Dean Bender's Valedictory Message | 10/2/1961 | See Source »

...power to begin the job of building an alliance of free nations sharing the same values and traditions. The U.S. is by far the richest nation on earth; its allies in Western Europe far surpass Russia in wealth, industrial strength and manpower skill. Despite Nikita Khrushchev's vaunted boast to "bury" capitalism, the Soviet world is decades away from matching U.S. productivity and has not come near to solving a critical agricultural problem (TIME, May 26). In the so-called "peaceful competition" with the West, Khrushchev has been the loser so far-one reason, perhaps, why he has grown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cold War: The Creative Task | 9/29/1961 | See Source »

...MOST OUTSPOKEN NEWSPAPER. The staunchly segregationist Columbus Commercial Dispatch hails itself as MISSISSIPPI'S MOST PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. Connecticut's 197-year-old Hartford Courant calls itself the OLDEST NEWSPAPER OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION IN AMERICA. Despite saturation news coverage by TV and radio, many dailies idly boast that they are FIRST WITH THE NEWS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Maxims & Moonshine | 9/29/1961 | See Source »

...annual wage. Altogether, counting wage raises and new benefits, G.M.'s labor costs would go up an estimated 20? to 25? an hour in the first year of the contract. Reuther crowed that the deal was "noninflationary"-a claim strongly echoed by the Administration. G.M. made no such boast, but its captains told Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg that 1962 auto prices would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: What Walter Won | 9/15/1961 | See Source »

Both sides bring some well-tested weapons to the fight. The old-line retailers, often the fashion arbiters of their communities, have built up a reputation for reliability and quality, and they boast a broader range of executive brainpower. The discounters, besides their price advantage, have grabbed some of the best suburban locations, and benefit also from the image of "newness" and the self-service craze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: Battle of the Discounters | 9/15/1961 | See Source »

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