Word: extras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rousing students from their intellectual apathy, so he decided that since the University couldn't have both quality and quantity in its instruction, it would have quality. Accordingly, as the College budget increased from year to year, he held the number of Courses to a minimum and used the extra money gradually to hire a complete staff of departmental tutors...
Crimson captain Gerry Emmet, after narrowly losing his first game in extra points, came back dramatically to win his match in four games. Emmet's combination of delicate drop shots and slashing aisle shots allowed him to retain control of the center of the court, while the Midshipman was obliged to scamper around...
...slight easing in the general demand for funds. It was partly due to the depressing effects of the steel strike and industry's uncertainty about investing heavily in inventory before a settlement is reached. But the Federal Reserve Board also eased money to take care of the usual extra demands around Christmas by permitting member banks to count a percentage of their vault cash as reserves, thus in effect adding some $1.4 billion in lending power...
...Keith Glennan complains about Congress' "crippling" cuts in NASA funds. But in fact Congress trimmed NASA funds in the current fiscal year by less than 6%-from $530 million to $500 million-and Glennan helped bring on that cut himself when he argued at a congressional hearing that extra funds could not speed up U.S. space progress...
...quantity. Gourmet foods are almost uniformly expensive. Yet a U.S. Department of Agriculture study showed that if a typical consumer bought $100 worth of regular foods, they would cost him only 61? less than if he had bought the serviced equivalent. The food industry points out that the extra costs of "conveniencing" foods can be considered the expense of maid service. Says Charlie Mortimer: "If you compute the relative costs of the two types of meals versus the time spent by the housewife, the housewife is getting the services of a maid for 45? an hour. My sons pay teen...