Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When we worry about Conant's leaving Harvard, we are not really worrying about Harvard itself. He has put it in better condition than the most exacting critic could demand. Its administration and its finances are in the best possible shape and in exceptionally able hands. Every major division of the University is either the best or close to the best of its kind in the country. The entire organization is vital; its capacity for maintaining its standards and continuing its growth--both in ideals and in educational techniques--is assured for some time to come...
...real solution to all the trouble seemed to be a return to an unsupported market in butter, with prices seeking their own level. Even dairymen might find to their surprise that the law of supply & demand could result in a better spread of happiness for everyone...
...surrender. The old sense of common humanity came back strong; Author Braddon was certain that "the war had at least taught me to like my fellow men." But back in Sydney a little later, he was not so sure. One of the first letters he received was a demand for the ?112. He offered to hand over a check for every penny if the act of payment might be photographed by the press. "I thought that as a tale of comradeship in arms it would read well in the dailies. Surprisingly, I received no answer...
...campus' stuff. They come only as a substitute for something better." To Buck the "something better" is the House plan or athletics for all. "Varsity competition should never go beyond the player's ability." Once athletic officials start clamoring for gate receipts, than tension mounts, alumni demand better teams, better teams involve higher expense, and the result is that "football is no longer in the hands of the students...
Until recently the public has had no chance to try them out; transistors are hard to manufacture and are much in demand by the military. But last week Son-otone Corp. put on the market a partially "transistorized" hearing aid. Only one of its three miniature tubes has been replaced by a transistor, but Sonotone claims that the gadget "will give double the power of any comparable instrument, at half the operating cost...