Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Water Gap. Brown has many reasons to duck all-out candidacy and none to proclaim it at this time. In his short time in office, he has pushed the newly Democratic legislature into remarkable action e.g., approval of the $1.8 billion water-resources development program (TIME, June 29), a $61 million income tax boost appropriated to close the budget gap. He has helped abolish California's party-damaging system of primary-ballot cross-filing, has brought stability to the long-fragmented Democratic Party. But his job has just begun: the statewide water-development plan, for example, must still...
...shipments to the U.S. have gone on growing. Last week London newspapers reported that for the first time in the 20th century Britain is now selling more to the U.S. than it is buying. Taking all items into account (exports, military costs, economic aid), the famed dollar gap has been closed; since 1950 Europe has increased its pile of gold by $8 billion, and the outside world as a whole has managed to amass short-term credits in the U.S.-all constituting potential claims against gold-of $15.6 billion. Last year about $2 billion in gold flowed...
Merchandise imports are greater than exports, and they are growing faster than exports. In particular, Canada's deficit with its biggest trading partner, the U.S., is growing. The huge flow of long-term U.S. investment, which since the war has filled the trade gap, is slackening. At the same time, outgoing dividends are increasing in proportion to the cumulative total of investment...
Since, according to Corporation rules, dining facilities must be self-sufficient, a $40 board increase would be necessary to fill the financial gap, unless an alternative can be found...
...issues. Apathy at Harvard was manifested last year by the referendum which permitted the Council to withdraw from NSA. This year it can be said at best that most undergraduates are uninformed about the structure and philosophy of NSA. The Council's report seeks to bridge this gap, in anticipation of another decision by the student body...