Word: furthered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your recent editorial on Economics 1 suggests that "there is a need for some further changes by the department." There are many who would agree, but the nature of the changes should be further discussed.
Probably the most pressing need is for the Economics Department to bring Ec 1 out of the sociology field and more into the theoretical field. The course, in the Official Register of the University, purports to be designed "to serve the needs of those students who plan no further work...
Grades suggest immediately that the ideas and facts taught are not in themselves interesting or at least are not interestingly taught. Grades also bolster the dubious idea that what is worth knowing about a given subject has limits, and that these limits are easily attained. The A symbolizes them, and...
Philip McKenna of Kennametal Inc. told a House committee that the U.S. already has enough tungsten to last 18 years. He called the stockpiling program an out-and-out "boondoggle," called further appropriations "silly." A recent House report had said that of some 700 producers who were supposed to benefit...
Alucam started operating with imported raw materials, but the low cost of power makes the plant a paying proposition already. Some of the materials needed, e.g., bauxite, have already been discovered in the Cameroons, will eventually be used to make the plant's operation even cheaper. The plant is...