Word: closed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unions have done much good for the country, and will be needed in the future; but when a "nod of the head" can close down entire industries, it is time to enact restraints on big labor similar to those on big business and big government...
...That the Turks were claiming distances approaching 1,000 yds. is, to the best of my knowledge, inaccurate. They measured their distances in a unit called guz, the exact value of which can only be approximated; my conclusion is that 24½ in. for the guz is probably close...
Limited Pacification? From sources close to De Gaulle came predictions that the new plan would offer Algeria alternatives under which "nothing will be excluded-not even independence." Almost certainly, the general would call for "pacification" as a first step in his plan, if only to keep the touchy and victory-hungry French army behind him. But pacification could fall far short of a fight to the finish; De Gaulle might well decree within the next few months that rebel resistance in Algeria was no longer widespread enough to warrant the title of "civil war," and that pacification had been achieved...
...year of inspecting 55 top schools in 18 states, Conant found only eight came close to being exactly "right" (all have improved since). Most common deficiency: only two years of foreign language study (partly because few colleges require more). Other flaws: able girls shunned math and science; able boys concentrated on them, skipping foreign languages and neglecting English. All down the line, observed Conant. "the academically talented student is not being sufficiently challenged...
Uncertainty over settlement of the steel strike and tightening money last week alarmed many an investor, and the stock market suffered a sharp selloff. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 9.90 points to 645.90, lowest since June 29. then rallied at week's end to close...