Word: gross
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Equating the Chinese flag with ordinary property," it huffed, "is a gross insult to the dignity of the People's Republic of China." Furthermore, said Peking, Premier Kishi was "two-faced" and "a notorious Fascist." In a clear attempt to influence Japan's forthcoming elections, Peking spokesmen crudely threatened that Red China would not revive the barter agreement so long as "the impediment of the Kishi government continued to exist...
...earlier day, a Negro can scarcely ever hope, even in the North, that the white society will really accept him on his human merits. Negroes are more prone than whites to break the laws, rules and customs of society because they are excluded from full membership in it. In gross and subtle ways, from unwritten bans on employing Negroes to the faintly patronizing tone that even liberal-hearted whites take toward them, Negroes are made to feel alien and inferior. This pervasive discrimination holds down capable Negroes at the top of the social ladder, dims their voices among their...
...board appointed three years ago by the Liberal government of Louis St. Laurent-came out last week with a thoughtful, well-documented prediction on what Canada may be in 1980. The commission's general conclusion: a largely urban, industrialized land of 27 million (v. 17 million today), a gross national product of $80 billion (v. $30 billion), a living standard higher by two-thirds...
There is presently a broad gap between students aspiring to international careers and the agencies offering employment overseas, according to Peter W. Gross '58, Conference Coordinator. The conference proposes to bridge this gap by giving students information necessary for selecting and establishing careers in international fields...
Speaking informally before the Dunster House Forum, he stated that the economy should "run the risk of a future inflationary upturn" in order to halt the far more dangerous problem of depression. The United States economy, with a potential gross national product of about $450 billion can well support a deficit as high as $10 billion, he asserted...