Word: formula
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...which empowered Nixon to declare the freeze; that act expires next April 30. A similar program of firm control was also suggested earlier in the week by Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans, who went on to predict that wage increases will have to be based on a "productivity formula," presumably one that would tie the amount of pay hikes to specific increases in output per man-hour...
...press conference, the President said that Stans' productivity formula reflected "a strongly felt view primarily in the business community," and not necessarily his own. Even so, a number of influential officials, including Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns, have urged the creation of productivity councils that presumably could influence the level of wage increases...
...higher education, and they are hoping that the other two points of view kill one another off so that no action is taken in this session. The second point of view is the one that would provide unrestricted grants of money to institutions on the basis of some formula, which is usually expressed--as it has been by Edith Green of the House Committee--as a certain number of dollars per student enrolled...
...higher education, and they are hoping that the other two points of view kill one another off so that no action is taken in this session. The second point of view is the one that would provide unrestricted grants of money to institutions on the basis of some formula, which is usually expressed--as it has been by Edith Green of the House Committee--as a certain number of dollars per student enrolled...
...ceasefire. At the time, United Nations Secretary-General U Thant declared: "The road ahead is long, arduous and uncertain, but if only there is a will for peace, all obstacles can be surmounted and peace will be achieved." In the year since, few obstacles have been surmounted, and a formula for peace has yet to be found. But the year-long respite has produced a profound change in the mood of the combatants (see box, following page...