Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...admissions policy makers in northern colleges did not have enough problems, the shut-down of high schools in Charlottsville, Norfolk, and Little Rock has raised an issue in higher education circles which will not be easily solved. In brief, the policy makers must decide if they will continue to admit or reject applicants from these schools on their individual merits, or, in the interests of supporting the Supreme Court, reject them all on the grounds of inadequate preparation. Such rejection, it it felt, would underscore the need for reopening the schools and integrating them...
However, Harvard is not the only college considering the question of supporting the Court's decision. Should the Ivy League colleges or, on an even wider basis, "northern schools," agree to shut out the applicants from the three high schools, there would be a significant road-block to good higher education ahead of southern students in closed high schools...
...finally got a bit of brisk weather. Shoppers surged into the stores in such numbers that some places reported sales 10% above 1957. What made merchants everywhere particularly happy was that buyers headed for the expensive goods. Said Cyril Magnin of San Francisco's Joseph Magnin: "All the higher-priced lines in everything did very well." Philadelphia reported a year-end run on jewelry and furs. Said Max Robb, president of the City Stores chain: The customers of all income groups "traded up." i.e., bought items in a higher price class than last year...
Stores turned to the January white sales and seasonal clearances with inventories lower and spirits higher than in years. The brightest post-Christmas promotion was put on by Dallas' A. Harris & Co. For one day, it announced it would take back any "Christmas gift which doesn't fit, which is the wrong size or pattern or color, which is simply not wanted, or which duplicates another Christmas gift." For the first time ever, the offer was not restricted to Harris' own merchandise. Except for furs, real jewelry and merchandise not carried in its own store, Harris said...
...health scare actually lit up sales by causing smokers fo switch to filters. As the Agriculture Department says, "Some persons smoke filter-tip cigarettes at a higher rate than they smoked non-filter tips." Last year filters' share of the domestic market increased from 39.9% to 45.9% as consumption rose by 35.8 billion smokes...