Word: increment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...largest increase in enrollment was found in the field of Biology, where there was a 29-student rise from 106 to 135. A further movement toward the sciences was shown in Geological Sciences and Architectural Sciences (a new field created last year), the former receiving an increment of 11 men, 64 to 75; and the latter...
...this concept (which is hard on small corporations that use little capital in proportion to their earnings) and confused it. As an alternative, the subcommittee added what was in effect a war-profits tax-a tax on profits above the average of three or four pre-tax years, the increment being supposedly attributable to the defense boom. For the sake of speed, the Treasury raised no objection to this hybridization, and the House passed it like a hot potato...
...Naval Science, on the other hand, the second year course dropped in size from 73 to 69 while the third year jumped from 39 all the way to 62. The 33 men in Naval Sci 4 represent an increment of only 4 from last year. 265 men, 50 more than last year, are in the Department...