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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Counter to the overall trend, the sale of magazines in the Freshman Union increased, according to Robert D. Storey '58. However freshmen have also taken to eating a greater number of aspirin than before and at a rate higher than upperclassmen...
...Despite signs that its rulers are worried at the prospect of sinking too deep into the Soviet embrace, nearly half of Afghanistan's foreign trade is now with Russia; when the time comes to begin paying off the Russian loans in Afghan products, the percentage will rise even higher...
...said Mason, actually cut down on house maintenance costs. Likewise, complete kitchens were okayed for houses over $12,000. Where builders in the past had to leave out appliances because they ran the initial cost too high, buyers went right out and bought them on short-term credit at higher interest. Selling the house complete, said Mason, really makes the buyer a better credit risk...
...there was positive good news, too, to encourage the market. Department-store sales were still running at a record pace. Higher military spending and more rapid contract-letting promised to spur defense industries, while relaxed credit requirements for FHA home buyers (see Housing) promised to give the housing industry, already on the upgrade, another boost...
...present uncertainty in the industry may well turn out to be a blessing in disguise, said Kuykendall, if it brings about some sense in controversies over higher rates. Some people in the gas industry itself and some politicians, said Kuykendall, have habitually oversimplified rate cases. On the theory that any rate increase is inherently evil, they have acted as if the only issue involved is "whom are you for-the consumer or the industry?" Now, said Kuykendall, "the Memphis decision is forcing such persons to face reality and to admit that, after all, a pipeline company must remain solvent...