Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Truman also asked the commission to report in six to nine months on prospects and estimated extent of shortages, "consistency and adequacy of existing government policies and programs, and consistency and adequacy of private industrial practices." Mason declined to comment on the sufficiency of current policies stating that he will start with an "open mind...
College enrollment will probably fall, by about a third or a fourth, and this will cut expenses as well as revenue--to some extent. In ordinary times the College might have expected 4,500 students next year, the Provost said, but current guesses as to undergraduate registration now run from...
...went to Washington in December, Price Boss DiSalle had waited to get authority from Valentine to act on prices. Without it, DiSalle was price boss in name only. After badgering Valentine for authority, DiSalle took his case to Mobilization Boss Charles E. Wilson. Valentine then gave in, to the extent of issuing a vague statement that DiSalle's authority was "subject to such general supervision, direction and control as the Administrator deems expedient." Though no one knew just what that meant, DiSalle assumed it gave him the power he needed. He decided to replace the "voluntary" price standards imposed...
...same, DiSalle went right ahead with his price control plan-even to the extent of asking the Government Printing Office to prepare application blanks for price rises, and asking the Post Office Department to distribute them in post offices throughout the nation. Then DiSalle's plan hit a snag...
...find themselves alone. They are spared the horrors of the hydrogen bomb (with which the desolate males of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. quickly and furiously make havoc of one another's loveless cities). But for the first time, even the most intelligent women wake up to the extent of their dependence on men, not only for food, shelter and euphoria, but also for self-confidence and the ability...