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Taylor runs the Page One conference, can decide the play of news, make staff changes, is operating boss of the paper (except for the editorial page) under Brownie. Together, they are transforming the Trib, with new entertainment features, splashier makeup, a new contest called "Treasuregrams." and a heavier emphasis on "reader-interest" stories...
...varsity race, the Crimson's last-minute surge in the final quarter-mile, when stroke Nick Platt boosted the cadence to a 40, was not sufficient to overcome the greater pulling strength of the taller and heavier Wisconsin shell. The Badgers continued comparatively calmly rowing a 35 despite the varsity's furious, pressing drive a few feet astern...
Like a doctor who finds a patient in good health but warns him against his tendency to overeat, some of the nation's economists have concluded that U.S. industry would be wise to curb its boundless appetite. The Federal Reserve Board, noting that business borrowings for expansion are heavier than they have been since 1953, decided the time had come to apply a mild brake before the boom gets out of hand. The brake: a boost in the rediscount rate from 1½ to 1¾ Since this is the rate at which member banks borrow from the Federal...
Earlier groups of settlers are writing "tearful" letters home, pudgy Boss Khrushchev said, "reproaching" the government with the fact that, in addition to enduring the rigors of the frontier, they are expected to pay heavier defense taxes as bachelors. Revealing himself as the originator of the bachelor tax, he added: "If 100 million were added to our 200 million population, even that would not be enough. There must be in a family at least three children...
Preliminary results from a study of the effects of Lamont's plan of heavier fines, imposed first last year, show a decrease in books returned late from 15 percent to this year's figure of eight percent of all reserve books circulated. McNiff said only one and one-half percent were returned more than a day late...