Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Change. After his personal success in the elections, Erhard is expected to stay on as Economics Minister. He would also like to take over Vice Chancellor Franz Blikher's chairmanship of the Cabinet's economic committee, which would enable him to gain overall direction of German economic policy. Up to now he has had to work in tandem with balky Finance Minister Schäffer, who has incurred Adenauer's displeasure by holding back rearmament funds and thus delaying Adenauer's plans for stepping up German participation in NATO. Inevitably there is talk that Erhard might...
...recognized not only through the perfection of its architecture but also from its high "injelitance" quotient. Injelitance, says Parkinson, is "a high concentration of incompetence and jealousy" typified by "any individual who. having failed to make anything of his own department, tries constantly to interfere with other departments and gain control of the central administration." If such a man becomes boss, there soon develops "an actual competition in stupidity, people pretending to be even more brainless than they are." The only cure for such a situation, according to Parkinson, is the old Trojan Horse ploy: "An individual of merit penetrates...
...halfback Don Klages, who was the leading ground-gainer for the Green, totalling 109 yards on 12 carries. The most damage, however, was done by the first-string backfield of Bradley, Pratt, Jim Burke and John Crouthamel. These four carried a total of 18 times for a net gain of 165 yards or an average of 9.2 yards per carry...
...time. The seriousness of the injuries is not yet certain, although Boulris will be out of action at least two or three days and McLaughlin perhaps longer.CRIMSONGeorge A. R. SilverCrimson halfback CHRIS HAUGE (32), flanked by teammate CHET BOULRIS (40) plunges through the Big Green line for a short gain in Saturday's game. Bringing Hauge down is Dartmouth fullback BRIAN HEPBURN (45), while SAM BOLLBY (79) moves into the action from behind...
Turkish Republicans Gain Ground...