Word: growth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What is he going to write about? His previous works, American Interpretations of Natural Law and The Growth of American Constitutional Law, are a clue to the tenor of Wright's thinking. And he was one of the first to explode the Frederick Jackson Turner thesis on the impact of the frontier on American history...
...Poorest Boom." The new need is electricity to power the province's growth. Since 1946, British Columbia Electric Co. has quadrupled its sales of electricity; but even so, the populous lower mainland and Vancouver Island face the prospect of power shortages by 1962, unless some new developments are opened. One mighty project calls for tapping the swift-running Eraser River, which alone could provide enough power to meet British Columbia's needs for years to come. A second idea is to develop the Columbia River, dammed at nine points in the U.S. and nowhere in Canada. The idea...
...known to be caused by viruses, although the definition of viruses (ultramicroscopic particles on the borderline of the animal and chemical kingdoms) may have to be revised to cover them all. It still seems that something more than the virus alone is needed to trigger the outbreak of cancerous growth, e.g., chemical or physical irritation. But the importance of the virus can no longer be questioned. Still unknown is whether any human cancers are similarly caused...
...High Fidelity Music Show in Manhattan last week trooped more than 50,000 audiophiles who wanted to hear "the new dimension in sound," stereophonic records and tapes. Spread over five floors, the 125 exhibitors concentrated on showing the fast growth of the new art. General Electric showed only stereophonic components; Massachusetts' small Wright St. George Laboratories displayed an inexpensive ($65), thin (1⅜ in.) picture-frame speaker that can be secreted behind curtained walls or prints, is well suited for stereo,* which requires at least two speakers some distance apart. This year, sales of such stereo gear will help...
...fruits and vegetables under the Snow Crop name, kept only Snow Crop's orange concentrate operations. By moving Minute Maid's headquarters from New York to Orlando, Fla. he cut costs and communication problems, trimmed marketing expenses by converting salesmen into brokers working on commission. Meanwhile, the growth of Florida cities has nearly tripled the value of Minute Maid's grove holdings to $28.8 million. Fox plans to sell suburban acreage each year, buy more rural property for groves...