Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should be remembered that the Committee chairmanship is considerably more than an administrative post; it requires a unique combination of administrator, scholar, teacher, and innovator. If men primarily interested in research are appointed, the inevitable conflict between administration and scholarship may bring only a loss in research and no gain in General Education. In Rhinelander, the University had a man well-suited for the post. The importance of the program demands someone equally capable in the future...
...should they react to such a declaration? I am aware that the stock answer to this is that the Communist parties concerned are autonomous bodies which do not take their orders from any foreign power. If this is so, then China would have nothing to lose and would gain immeasurably with all of us in prestige by publicly and formally calling upon the local Communist groups throughout Asia and Africa to disband. This reassuring gesture from Peking has not been forthcoming, and I for one am perturbed about...
First-quarter earnings continued good. Du Pont said that its first-quarter sales of $470 million were 17% above a year ago, and added that its earnings should show "at least as great" a gain. Monsanto reported that its first-quarter sales were 23% better than 1954, while earnings soared 59%. Meanwhile, automakers kept on smashing records. Last week's output was 206,458 cars and trucks, topping the high set during the previous week and totaling 66,834 more units than were produced in the same week last year...
...They even influence minimum wage laws. If Secretary of Labor James Mitchell wins congressional favor for his $.90 an hour minimum wage, the increase would just offset the inflation during the five years since $.75 became standard. In fact, booming prices have washed out every minimum wage gain since the original Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which set wages at $.40 an hour...
...late to change the predicted outcome of the contest. Five of the nine varsity tallies were sunk in the final few minutes of the last half. The Crimson began slowly in the first half, tired in the start of the last half, and then seemed to gain the notorious second wind...