Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...listed 19 faculty members who have agreed to deliver brief speeches on why they oppose the war. They include David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, and Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, emeritus...
...strong tonic for the stock market. But the market is not logical, and ever since inflation began to loom large, it has retreated in fright. The Dow-Jones industrial average has fallen almost 70 points since early February, and last week, in a frenzy of deep plunges and brief rallies, it lost another four points to close at 927.95. Wall Street is worried that the fight on inflation and the war in Viet Nam may oblige the Government to take harsh steps that will pinch prosperity. That specifically includes the likelihood of higher taxes, but many investors would rather...
...chips are conservatively priced, selling at little more than 16 times the estimated per-share earnings for 1966-lower even than the 17-to-l ratio at the bottom of the 1962 market break. U.S. investors for 20 years have ridden one long bull market, with only slight or brief interruptions, and nobody who believes in the, long-term growth of the nation's economy is ready to say that the party is over...
...citation, given to Schlesinger Tuesday in New York, praised him for adding "abundantly to the world's brief knowledge of the Kennedy period...
...Victory carried munitions across the Pacific in the closing months of World War II. In 1950 she was reactivated to haul materiel for the Korean War. After a brief stint transporting grain to India, she was retired again. Last week the Red Oak, one of 101 Victory ships dragged out of mothballs for service in Viet Nam, was ready to sail again after a $400,000 refit and new coat of grey paint. For her rededication, Red Oak Mayor Joseph Tiffin flew to Portland, Ore., with a specially stitched town flag, which Captain Robert Blood will hoist when the ship...