Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...race for the better paying summer jobs. School could then begin earlier in September. Since many summer jobs end after Labor Day, and since many college students quit their jobs for tax reasons before the summer is over, this arrangement would be more advantageous to most students. Also higher wages during the summer would mean greater financial independence for the student and consequently less strain on the scholarship and loan funds...
...thing about his country, compared to the other satellites, is the ease with which he can get out of it. Last year a total of 252,870 East Germans fled westward, among them 2,553 People's Policemen. So far this year, the escape traffic has been even higher: 18,828 in 1956's first 20 days. These are not East Germany's aged, tired and homeless; most are hard-working farmers and factory employees fleeing excessive work norms, or young men who want to escape the draft (the East German army was officially proclaimed last week...
Along with feeding Actress Walker her lines, Margaret Phillips plays the other wife in the frillier style of high comedy. But Actress Walker contrives higher comedy: no mere grande dame, she is someone who could make a grande dame cower...
Average Catholic zeal, which A.I.M. undertakes to measure through the centuries as it does Vatican efficiency and temporal power (see chart), is higher today than it was 100 years ago, "but we believe it to be but half of what it was in the beginning...
...critics of current auto-payment terms, Curtice said the down payment on new cars continues to average 40% of the price; the average installment is $80 monthly, and only two out of 100 are repossessed. Concluded Curtice: "The new high level of automobile credit is in keeping with the higher level of disposable income...