Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...straight on in four years to get his master's, suggested M.I.T.'s Brown. M.I.T.'s Killian had an even more provocative suggestion: unfettered academic freedom for a small, experimental group of hand-picked freshmen, "a complete tutorial system, in which the boys are allowed to develop under the direction of a volunteer group of faculty members, to proceed without requirements to attend classes, and be expected at the end to meet the requirements for graduation." Said Killian: "Their motivations would be to solve complicated problems and to satisfy their intellectual curiosity, rather than to complete courses...
...customers in Peru, Thailand, Turkey. Greece, Italy. Egypt borrowed funds ranging from $20 million down to $5,000 for everything from hospital equipment to coal-washing machines and textiles. The biggest private enterprise loan so far: $100 million last year to the U.S.-owned Southern Peru Copper Co. to develop the Toquepala deposit of critically short copper (TIME...
...Public development of power resources at Niagara Falls, N.Y., which a Senate committee recently approved, even though "private enterprise has offered to fully develop the waterway, pay all local and federal taxes, supply construction funds, and make the power available to customers throughout the entire service area without favor or discrimination...
...boom and bust, went from a $10 million profit in 1917 to an $800,000 deficit in 1921 when defense needs slacked off, and the company actually had to shut down for twelve months, Stanley and Thompson worked years to find peacetime uses for the fabulous nickel lode, helped develop heavy-duty nickel steels for dozens of products, taught businessmen new ways to use nickel in household equipment, autos, steel and other products...
Improved trade with the Soviets, if it is possible, would have permanent benefits. It would, certainly, lead to greater contact and communication with the Soviet Union, which could develop into a more commodious and less explosive world atmosphere. In addition, it would remove many restrictions on our allies' trade with Russia. This would remove many restrictions on our allies' trade with Russia. This would aid in sparking the economies of Western European and other non-Soviet nations, whose ruble-gap is far smaller than their current dollar-gap. Closer to the Soviet Union in distance and economic condition, these countries...