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Word: furthers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Why does each class appear statistically like the one ahead of it, if "quotas" are not used? There seem to be two answers. First, each man on the admissions committee feels in his own mind that a "good mix" is a necessary thing for Harvard College. If the admissions committee...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Admissions: 'Personal' Rating Is Crucial | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

Humphrey Doermann, a member of the admissions committee and former admissions director, explains that the docket system avoids the possibility of admitting so many, say, from the West Coast-which the committee considers first-that there will be no room left in the class when the committee gets further east...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Admissions: 'Personal' Rating Is Crucial | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

Police believe that the suspect hid in the library until after closing time on August 19, then went on the roof, climbed down the rope to a window and broke into the Widener Room where the Bible is kept. He then removed the Bible from the display case and was...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burglar Slips as He Tries to Remove Gutenberg Bible From Widener Library | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

Washington fears that the U.S. will soon be forced to make further price cuts in order to hang on to its traditional 40% share of the shrinking world market for wheat. If so, the chief losers will be U.S. taxpayers because more farmers will elect to unload their crop at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commodities: The Wheat Price War | 9/12/1969 | See Source »

Businessmen received far less gentle treatment. The price freeze imposed with devaluation will be continued in slightly modified form. Bankers will now have to pay an "exceptional" tax on profits, based on their increased earnings from checking-account deposits. Industries that depend on imports-which are more costly after devaluation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Strategy for Stability | 9/12/1969 | See Source »

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