Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chronic Aches Hurt Badly in Hard Times...
Parents who oppose higher entrance requirements argue that higher standards would "hurt the student who is just average." Principals in favor of the move think it would eventually force high schools to raise their own standards...
...Premier-Pabst Corp., and Fred Pabst, son of the founder, later became chairman. Perlstein led the company through its period of greatest growth and profitmaking, saw it reach its biggest year in 1949 with a sales peak of $168,994,000. But Perlstein soon found himself hurt by his own success. Hit hard by the steadily flattening beer market, Pabst sales slid steadily. To make matters worse, Perlstein drew the wrath of the Pabst family for opposing their attempts to get more family members into the business...
...quick reform: a boost in page-ad rates from $200 to $1,200. Now that the magazine is aloft and gathering speed, its young staffers are even talking of selling 1,000,000 copies an issue by the end of 1958 Says Space Salesman Heagy: "It doesn't hurt to aim high...
...French West Africa. Recently, so goes the tale, a wealthy chieftain bought a brand-new car from a local auto dealer, proudly drove it away, filled with his numerous family. A few miles down the road, he skidded into a ditch and overturned. Though no one was badly hurt, the car was wrecked. Wrathfully. the chief returned to the dealer and demanded a new car because, he said, the wrecked one had been bewitched. As an expert witness he brought along a witch doctor, who corroborated every word. To preserve his good will in the area, the harassed dealer...