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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years, while the nation's total of manufacturing jobs jumped 46%, New England's dropped 6%. After World War II, New England's aches & pains intensified as its textile mills, long the backbone of the area, continued moving South to cash in on lower costs and cheaper labor. But last week there were signs of an industrial rebirth. Biggest reason for the change: development of new industries based on research...
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...addition club men are assessed a party fee--about $40 to $75 a year, depending on the club. Rates are somewhat cheaper in Prospect Club, a cooperative. Initiation fees run in the neighborhood of about $50, and some clubs have undergraduate dues of about $25 a term...
...Allies decided to change course as costs of the aid program to Japan shot up. Goods shipped under the program had to be carried in U.S. bottoms, though Japanese ships (which had carried the bulk of Japan's prewar imports and exports) could have done the job cheaper. Roughly 25? out of every rehabilitation dollar the U.S. was sending to Japan (excluding military appropriations) was going to U.S. shipowners. Coking coal and iron ore, for example, were costing the American taxpayer about $8 to $9 extra a ton. Faced with these facts, General MacArthur lifted the restrictions in December...
According to Shulman, humor must satisfy the temperament of an age. "Today," he said, "people are looking for something to cling to, a homesy-folksy humor, the endless spectacle of each other." He cited Frank Galbraith's "Cheaper by the Dozen" as typical...