Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first to point out that the all-important final weights in the balance came on the revenue side of the fulcrum; the tax yield from the prosperous second half of calendar 1956 will be unexpectedly good, and the Administration believes that 1957 will bring an even higher level of income...
...appointment of a "distinguished group of educators and citizens" to study the problems of higher education and make proposals on how to solve them...
...standstill when, about two years ago, it was suddenly discovered by high-fidelity fans and came back with a roar. With high fidelity's new recording techniques, hazy diapasons became vivid, and when the hi-fi crowd learned that the organ could play both lower and higher than any other instrument, it became their all-out favorite. The boom began with sub-middlebrow theater-organ concoctions, e.g., a series of LPs by Organist Reginald Foort, on the Cook label, continued with a series by George Wright, put out by newly formed High Fidelity Recordings, Inc. On the serious side...
...defense contracts will increase, if House Armed Services Chairman Carl Vinson has his way. After a 30-month study showed that 94% of all contracts were negotiated, Vinson introduced a bill to hold down negotiated deals in peacetime, may propose an amendment that would peg the total no higher than 50%. One example that influenced Vinson: a 1955 negotiated contract for Air Force rocket launchers originally set the price at $32.62 apiece; competitive bids later brought the cost down...
More likely, Boston eyebrows would rise if Harvard extended the rules to the witching hour. Considering that the women's colleges have already allowed their girls out until one, however, this thesis seems somewhat far-fetched. As a matter of fact, the banner of propriety might fly higher if activity were confined to students' rooms. Anyone who has left Cronin's at eleven-thirty and driven along Storrow Drive to Wellesley would almost certainly suspect that the best interests of propriety might be served by allowing students to remain in their rooms...