Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Princeton, employing a tight man-to-man defense, got off to a strong start, and led by 16 points at the mid-point of the first half. The varsity closed the gap to 34-26 at the half, and trailed 51-48 when the Tigers began their final spurt. A Princeton freeze in the final minutes killed any hopes of a Crimson...
...Tools at Work. As the jobless totals rose, other fiscal tools were brought into action. Not only did $2 billion in unemployment-insurance payments help fill the gap in wages, but there was a step-up of $700 million in Social Security payments. The Federal Reserve Board eased credit by cutting bank-reserve requirements and the discount rate at which banks borrow from the Federal Reserve. The Administration also wisely abandoned, at least temporarily, its determination to balance the budget, prepared to accept a $4.7 billion deficit in the current fiscal year. With its new housing law, which cut down...
After two years in office, the Eisenhower Administration has failed to plug the yawning gap in its foreign policy?the place where history, logic, opportunity and the poverty of the world cry out for U.S. leadership on a free worldwide front of economic advance. In the year's closing months, the President, despite strong opposition in his own Cabinet, seemed to be moving toward a positive policy for liberalized world trade and stimulated production. Dulles favors such a program. But he has been too busy with the international politics of his job to give it his own leadership...
...lion's wings have molted," cried London's Tory Daily Mail last week. "Our planes are out of date," complained the Liberal News Chronicle. Said the wor ried Manchester Guardian: "The gap in the air defenses of Britain is disturbingly evident...
...Bolster Dudley's prestige, the commuters have worked closely with their Senior Tutor to expand the range and benefits of the Center's activities. A few library at Apley Court is beginning to fill the gap between the commuter and the Lamont hours that are inconvenient to hem. And expanded tutorial plan has given the commuter more contact with faculty members. The program has succeeded to an encouraging degree, and there is a growing feeling of a unified "spirit" working for Dudley benefit. One of the greatest barriers in their progress is the Center's lack of adequate space...