Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...space travel ers to overcome is man himself. The human body is fitted to meet conditions on the surface of the earth, where the temperature varies only slightly and the pull of gravitation varies hardly at all. The atmosphere provides a steady supply of oxygen, while its cushioning bulk over head protects man's delicate hide from nearly all meteors and ultraviolet, X and cosmic rays. For man to leave this sheltered environment is as difficult as it was for his fishlike forerunners to slither up on to dry land...
...idea was to give a classroom approach to the ticklish subject of international affairs, and tie this in with courses already taught at Dartmouth. Either the New York Times or Herald Tribune is required daily reading. Visiting lecturers make up the bulk of the course, and such men as Harvard's I.A. Richards, Crane Brinton, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. trek New Hampshirewards each year to help prepare the Dartmouth senior for the world outside...
...presence in Colonel Bishop's classroom is notable, but not unique. As many as 64.000 copies of TIME go to more than 1,800 high schools, junior colleges and colleges weekly. Some use TIME as part of classroom assignments. In addition, many more students order their own copies. Bulk subscriptions make possible reduced rates...
...story, whittled to 3½ columns in the magazine, a University of Nebraska student said: "All this is so interesting-why didn't you use the whole thing?" Ecker likened the TIME story to an iceberg, with the small portion seen on the surface supported by the great bulk underneath. With a whole world to cover each week, TIME would quickly overburden its readers by reporting every detail of every story...
...year it would yield less than $1 billion a year over present taxes." National City thought a practical solution was a general sales tax levied at the manufacturing level. "If we are to pay the costs . . . without inflation, taxes will have to be increased where the bulk of the money is . . . in the lower ranges of incomes." . . . Even Britain's Laborites are beginning to doubt whether upper incomes can be squeezed any harder. Just before leaving for the U.S. (see INTERNATIONAL), Hugh Gaitskell, the Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer, warned the Trades Union Congress at Blackpool: "If you took...