Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...free economy, said the report, "growth will inevitably proceed at a somewhat uneven pace." The "unfavorable feature" in the economy of 1957 was not the dip but the fact that, even with industrial capacity outpacing demand, the consumer price index kept creeping upward...
...tide price inflation (TIME, Jan. 6) as a serious danger sign, the President pledged the Administration to promote price stability. But he also called upon business and labor to show restraint in using their power to force up prices and wages. Price boosts unjustified by cost increases can curb demand. Wage boosts unjustified by productivity increases can push prices upward, slow down economic recovery...
There will, of course, always be misfits. Some students can never accustom themselves to institutional living, and many never accommodate themselves to a House they never chose. The loss of these few individuals will not seriously weaken the system, and the University already recognizes their demands. The results of the recent poll do not seem to indicate that the ratio of malcontents has increased, but show that certain facets of the system need improvement. Once these measures are taken, there will be little demand to move...
Langer declined to comment on which scholastic fields would be in greatest demand for exchange, but expressed the conviction that there were many areas in which Russians and Americans would have similar interests in sending and receiving personnel. Since there will be "such a large field from which to draw," Langer added, a degree of competency in Russian will probably be advantageous to applicants. This advantage will have no relation, however, to the field of study of the applicant...
Noting in this country "a new troubled concern about education," he says: "In my judgment the present times demand of Harvard neither change of direction nor new emphasis, but rather only a more assiduous application to our traditional tasks...