Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...increase in second-and third-class mail- were open to argument on detail. But there could be no doubt that some increase was necessary in all three classes of mail. Congress-which last year denied a similar Summerfield request-was faced with a clear choice: higher postal rates or indefinite continuance of the built-in Post Office deficit...
...machine will create particles of a higher energy than was ever before possible," Harvey Brooks, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, explained. This will enable scientists to observe high-energy phenomena, valuable in determining the nature of the atom, he added...
Each year a higher percentage of Radcliffe students wish rooms at the college instead of home. Dean Lacey said she expects this trend to level off, however, when 90 percent of the students are residents...
...course, quite illegible. Cast in loose, delicate swirls, it can soothe the restless eye as much as it may irritate the serene mind. Transit (at left) is a typical example. Speaking of such earnest, miasmal efforts, Tobey explains that "multiple space bounded by involved white lines symbolizes higher states of consciousness...
...General Motors announced a net profit of $1,189,000,000-the first year a corporation has topped $1 billion (previous peak: $834 million in 1950). G.M.'s profits outraced sales; on sales 27% higher than in 1954, G.M. netted 48% more profit...