Word: general
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...program is under the general direction of Dean Sert...
...general sessions to be held at the Business School, other phases of high school administrative and educational problems will be discussed by such speakers as Lester W. Nelson, treasurer of The Fund for the Advancement of Education, Wilbur J. Bender, Dean of Admissions at Harvard College, and Matthew P. Gaffney, Roy E. Larsen Professor of Education...
Still other industrial groups blew hot and cold in the first half. Among elec tricals, General Electric rose only 1⅞to 80¾ but resurgent Westinghouse climbed 21⅜ to 94½. Among motors, an investor could hardly go wrong (Chrysler up 17⅛, Ford up 24¼)-unless he selected solid General Motors, up only...
...inventories from 13 million tons in January to more than 21 million tons, equal to seven weeks' top-level output by the industry. The Big Three automakers have squirreled away sufficient steel to get a good start on production of 1960 models. Among makers of appliances, Westinghouse and General Electric have a 30-60 day supply...
Ever since plans for the new compact cars got around Detroit, competitors of General Motors Corp. have been kicking at the rear engine G.M. will use in its Corvair. Chrysler Corp. President Lester Lum Colbert announced that Chrysler's small-car offering, the Valiant, would have its engine "up front, where it belongs." Ford Motor Co., whose small Falcon will also have a front engine, launched TV commercials demonstrating that an arrow weighted at the back end will fly erratically and miss the target, but that a "properly weighted" (i.e., heavy at the front) arrow will go straight...