Word: depressionitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although no proposals for direct salary increases were included among the recommendations, the committee is reported to have expressed hope that within the next few years the average professorial salary would increase from $13,000 to $15,000, and the maximum from $17,000 to $20,000, subject to modification...
Hall's task is much broader-and harder-than the re-election of Eisenhower. Winning control of the House of Representatives is a tough goal-and control of the Senate a tougher one. Beyond the immediate electoral objectives of 1956 lies the long-range rehabilitation of the Republican Party...
¶ The only emotional illnesses that distinguish the suicidal and possibly suicidal groups from others are extremely severe depression and far-gone delusions of persecution.
MoPac had wrecked itself by going too fast. After World War I it merged other roads into its system and issued securities to pay for them. When the Depression hit and traffic was cut in half, the road collapsed under a funded debt of $410 million. Unpaid interest rose to...
Over the past thirty years, the reunion gift has gradually grown, although it did experience a drop back to the $100,000 level during the depression years. In the last two years, the classes of 1929 and 1930 have given approximately $300,000 each, even though they were originally the...