Word: emerson
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...room, the testimony was echoed by other economists. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce predicted a "mild" business slump for the first half of 1961 of "only 1% or 2%" in the gross national product. For the long run, the chamber was optimistic. In the face of the slide; said Emerson P. Schmidt, the chamber's chief economist, "the strength and level of the economy are surprising." He believes that the gross national product may climb as high as $520 billion in 1961 (at present: $500 billion) if the slump ends by midyear. Says Schmidt: "There are at present...
...necessity, by proclivity, and by delight," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, "we all quote." In reporting the course of contempo rary history, TIME quotes by necessity, because the things that people say reveal much about what is going on in the world. And we also quote by delight. Some examples in this week's TIME...
...guise as an ex-Crimson editor, Professor Emerson has responded to our request for a report on independence Day in Lagoa, Nigeria where he has been visiting...
...filing notes on his reading on two-by-three cards. After the convention, he selected some 200 items, had them photostated, and arranged them into his nugget book. Included in it are quotations from men as varied as Churchill, De Gaulle, Lincoln, Asoka (early apostle of Buddhism), Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Milton, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Will Rogers, as well as some stray doggerel that happens to appeal...
...pocket-size portable record player. Put on sale by Emerson, the Wondergram plays all sizes of LP records without turntable, is powered by four flashlight batteries, weighs less than 2 Ibs. Price...