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...boon to the administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nathan M. Pusey: Culture Moves East | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

...their thoughts down smoothly in handwriting. Many men can type faster than they can write, and are used to seeing their thoughts typed in front of them. In addition, for the grader who has to wade through book after book of semi-legible scribbles, typed examinations would be a boon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Room for Typing | 5/27/1953 | See Source »

...disappearance, as envisioned by Byrd, will be a boon to the taxpayer. Its huge security and mortgage holdings would be put up for sale by the Treasury. The proceeds, Byrd estimates, would amount to $700 million, and if his bill becomes law, they will be used "exclusively for reduction of the public debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHIND THE SCENES: Liquidation Sale? | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

This may not bother you as it did me. In fact , it mayneven be a boon, for to the extent that Fischer's thesis depends on the Viasov movement, it is subject to all the frailties of a generalization based on but one instance (the Viasov movement is the only case of organized opposition under modern Russian conditions). Since so little of basic importance does depend on Vlasov, the appearance of an entirely different sort of rebellious group would not invalidate Fischer's main argument...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Phantom Revolt | 12/5/1952 | See Source »

Neither theater has suffered official admonition from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, but both have heard rumblings. One BIR official merely announced: "[Gillespie] can go ahead as long as he operates within the law." Meanwhile, Honor Night may become the biggest box-office boon since dishes and Bingo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Honor Night | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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