Word: closed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second singles, Gerry Emmet dropped the varsity's only match of the day in five games. As the contest began, it appeared as though Emmet's deft shot-making would soon bring the matter to a close. With very little effort he ran off to a 2-0 lead with a 15-12 and 15-9 advantage in the first two games but then let up, and Amherst's Skip Voncks was just able to edge into victory, 17-16, 15-11 and 17-16 in the last three games...
...last year's encounter, 65 to 60, and judging from the records and man-power of both squads, the varsity will do well to come that close tonight...
Today there is an increasing number of economists, notably Harvard's Sumner Slichter, who believe that inflation can be prudently kept in check by Government fiscal policy and a close watch on spending. But inflation should not be made into a hobgoblin that obscures the fact that the U.S. has already expanded enormously without serious inflation -and can do so again. Says a top congressional staff economist: "Inflation really represents one of the most inconsequential economic problems. It should be given the lowest priority, behind such important things as improving our industrial capacity and total production...
...Three carmakers can still change their minds about bringing out small cars. But the chances of dropping them are small and the deadline for any major change close. By last week their investments in engineering, designing, new tools and dies, and a thousand and one other things were enormous. G.M. has already invested an estimated $200 million toward introducing its small car in August. Ford has laid out $150 million, hopes to come out in October. Chrysler has spent $100 million, after a slow start is hustling to come out early...
...been smoking filters to get less of." Result, in the statistics that look wonderful on a boardroom chart: Kent's domestic sales zipped from 3.4 billion to 36 billion a year; Lorillard's stock went from 15⅛ to 89; Lorillard sales jumped from $203 million to close to $480 million in 1958; net income rose from $4,519,758 to an estimated $28.5 million; and Lorillard moved from a lagging sixth among companies to nudge Liggett & Myers for the No. 3 spot in U.S. tobacco sales...