Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nations today, increases in real wages are blocked by the fear that they might make exports more expensive and less competitive. In a common European market there would be the same strong incentive to keep raising wages that exists in the U.S. -recognition that each wage increase stimulates new demand for the products of large-scale industry...
...Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission assembled last week in the shabby, bullet-pocked old stone dwelling that serves as its meeting place in Jerusalem's no-man's land. Before the members was an Israeli demand that Jordan be blamed for provoking the latest outbreak of killing in Palestine. The Jordanian machine-gun fire that killed four and wounded 17 Israeli archaeologists was organized and deliberate, the Israelis insisted. Having thoroughly reviewed the evidence. Chairman Christian Fredrik Moe of Norway differed and indicated that he would uphold Jordan's version-the shots were fired by one soldier...
Business is still expanding at a record rate, reported Manhattan's First National City Bank. The expansion pressure is so great that it is outracing the supply of materials and the physical limitations of construction industries. Concluded the bank's monthly letter: "The growing demand for consumer and investment goods has been calling forth increased production, employment, and income with rising momentum which promises to carry over into the early months...
Interest at 8%. To keep its new market-and overall economy-from ballooning too far too fast, West Germany has tightened credit. As a result, industrial stock averages have slipped to 181. However, the demand for new capital is so great that eleven big firms, led by the Robert Bosch electrical company, recently went into the market with $109.5 million worth of bonds and pegged them at an 8% interest rate to tempt investors, v. about 4% for stocks. By last week not only had the bonds been snapped up, but exchange officials predicted that other securities such as municipal...
Planners of the House should also consider the particular needs of the undergraduate today. For instance, the new houses might include several meeting and committee rooms. Large common rooms may be found obsolete, and late evening grills in demand. Twenty-five years of experience in managing Houses must have left the University with some ideas for improvement...