Word: graduall
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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BUSINESSMEN this week could reflect once more on the folly of underestimating the power of the U.S. economy. As 1957 began, the business outlook was for a good first half and a gradual tapering off later in the year-with a creeping profit squeeze for all of 1957. But when an overall profit squeeze failed to materialize in the first quarter, businessmen raised their sights for 1957. Now many believe that the second half of 1957 will be the better half, perhaps satisfying even those who expect a zoom on top of the boom. See BUSINESS, The Better Half...
...heads of the Phillips Brooks House associations of both colleges said they see no objection to revising the rule, although they indicated that any change in the PBH organizational structure should come through a gradual integration...
...roaring exhaust hit the pavement below, a spray of dirt and melted tar boiled into the air. When the X-13 became airborne, Pilot Girard maneuvered it off its suspension rig and free of the framework. Then he flew it upward like a deliberate rocket and made a gradual pushover to normal level flight...
Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, asserted that there had been a "gradual increase" in religion at Harvard since 1947. One professor, who wished to remain anonymous, said that he did not know what Newsweek meant by a "sudden renascence." "I doubt if Newsweek does, either," he added...
...Even if we want the consumers and taxpayers to continue bearing this burden, can we expect them to acquiesce? I believe their reaction to this federal budget shows they are waking up. I believe that, more and more, efficient cotton growers will accept the proposition of a gradual reduction in price-support levels until they lose significance except as what Secretary Benson described as 'disaster insurance'-to be accompanied by complete cessation of Government control over acreage as soon as the present surplus is reduced to manageable proportions. That is the dignified, self-reliant status that proud...