Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he could lead a con servative Texas delegation to the 1956 Democratic convention. He helped swing Texas to Ike in 1952, but may now make peace with new Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler. Shivers has spent more for schools and hospitals than any past governor, now wants higher taxes to pay for new highway and water-conservation programs. His inauguration, despite a north wind that whisked away chairs and toppled a TV camera, set off a Texas-sized celebration: two receptions, followed by five inaugural balls and a mammoth square dance...
...spite of Hutchins' brilliant-and often controversial-contributions to U.S. higher education, Chicago was suffering from some major aches when he left (to become associate director of the Ford Foundation). The campus was in danger of becoming an island in a sea of slums, and the whole area was plagued by one robbery and mugging after another. The university was also running in the red: except for a couple of years during World War II, it had not balanced its budget since 1938. Most ticklish problem of all was the fact that Hutchins' famed B.A. degree, given whenever...
...black. Forty-six new works have been introduced and several have already been performed elsewhere. A few were standouts, e.g., Luigi Dallapiccola's haunting, emotional Variations for Orchestra, Henry Cowell's gentle Symphony No. 11, Carlos Surinach's vivid Sinfonietta Flamenca. The overall quality was higher than critics dared hope...
Last week the critics were taken up short. Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it had acquired one of Dali's latest paintings for its permanent collection. Critical eyebrows shot even higher at the name of the donor: wealthy Chester Dale, famed for his impressionist and modern French paintings and an outstanding connoisseur...
...generally, the trend is to more instead of less luxury. An increasing number of companies are coming around to the idea that the trappings of power and rank are normal incentives in U.S. business life. If redecorating an office results in higher morale for a top executive, the company counts the few extra dollars as money well-spent...