Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also took a swipe at claims that its own gigantic size menaces small businesses. During 1967, said G.M., it paid $9.4 billion, or 47% of its revenues, to 37,000 suppliers, three-quarters of whom employ fewer than 100 people. As for profits, G.M. freely conceded that its return on invested capital has been more consistent than that of other auto manufacturers in recent years. Nevertheless, the company noted that a 1966 Dun & Bradstreet survey found that companies in 19 of 71 categories had a higher return on "tangible net worth" than...
...reasons for the enrollment drop, Profit said, are that the community has assumed control of several PBH projects, and that most of the remaining programs have asked for far fewer volunteers...
Three weeks before voting day, Richard Nixon maintained his commanding lead. A survey by TIME correspondents of the 50 states last week showed Nixon ahead-frequently far ahead-in 33 states. That is only one fewer (Florida) than he held in a survey by the correspondents one month earlier. Hubert Humphrey led in only six states and the District of Columbia, down four (Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri and Tennessee) from his September showing. In some of those, including New York and his home state of Minnesota, his margin was precarious. George Wallace could claim six Southern states, having picked...
...should be led by Japan and India. But many exposed allies will be unable to protect themselves until they achieve political and economic stability-and that will require foreign aid. The Vice President advocates more U.S. economic aid, while Nixon hopes to hold it down by giving aid to fewer countries and inducing affluent allies to carry more of the burden. He overlooks the fact that France, Britain and several other European countries already divert larger shares of their national incomes to foreign aid than the U.S.'s .6%. The U.S. certainly can give more. In addition, says French...
Bunnies Goldie and Shandre from the Boston Playboy Club, dressed in their promotional outfits of black blouses and white minis, weren't impressed with the turnout of fewer than 10 students. John W. Curtis '70, for one, wasn't impressed with the bunnies. "It was embarrassing--they were skags," he said. "I signed up to give blood, but I would have done that anyway," he added...