Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mark his ballot with the patronizing view that he is pampering to the foolish whims of these politicos who perhaps do what they do because they lack the intellectual strength to study and become immersed in academics, and so must compensate for their academic weaknesses by attempting to gain recognition through politics. Although this may be a somewhat facile judgment, it bears consideration in the light of the growing academization of Harvard, the continued admission of students who are below or at least work below the Harvard academic median, and the increasing number of voluntary drop-outs...
...removal from the politicking sphere maye be salutary at this point, for other leaders will be able to emerge from out of his shadow. With Adenauer in the Presidential office, perhaps the Socialists can gain some strength as an opposition party. To a large extent Russian policy will determine German politics, and in light of Soviet intransigence on free elections for unification, the Socialists are hard pressed to find responsible alternatives to Adenauer's strong Western commitments. An effective opposition is important, however, in teaching the arts of representative government...
...newspapers with ads warning small stockholders not to try for quick killings. The effect was like a tonic on a market that had seesawed aimlessly for nearly three weeks. At the end of a smart two-day rally, Dow-Jones industrials closed the week at 611.93, a gain of 4.41 points...
...million from January, though still $2.7 billion under the corresponding 1958 figures. As for the U.S. consumer, who triggers all the activity, he was once more increasing his debts to buy industry's products. Consumer installment debt in February rose $333 million to $3.8 billion, highest monthly gain but one in three years...
...workshop rests with Mirko Basldella, noted Italian artist who joined the Department two years ago. Under his guidance students experiment with the properties of line, color, texture and the various media. The courses are not directed to architectural design but are rather concerned with having the student gain experience with "the fundamentals of design" in its widest sense; and consequently the students play with three dimensional wire models, geometric patterns, and metal masks. The presence of a first rate artist directing the courses is note-worthy; it is comparable in kind, if perhaps not in degree, to the writing courses...