Word: increments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Habit. That victory could hardly have been achieved by the enfeebled sort of fellow that Ike was still pictured, in some circles, as being. In fact, allowing for the natural increment of years, he was the Dwight Eisenhower of the days before his heart attack. His weight stood at 174 Ibs., just 2 Ibs. over his best football weight at West Point. His blood pressure held at a healthy 140/80. He continued to take anticoagulant drugs, held to a low-fat diet, but felt free to wander into the kitchen of his Gettysburg farm to order "nice fresh corn...
Criticizing Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson's recent appeal to non-bank institutions to check inflation by buying Government bonds, Lanston blamed the market collapse on heavy Government deficits. "Our non-bank financial institutions could not possibly absorb more than a small increment of the annual increase in federal spending. Our non-bank institutions could not save the Government from its folly-if they wanted...
...milk and honey and ice cream sauce. Since Harvard's staple is ice cream, caramel, butterscotch, chocolate and other goos would be a welcome addition. They have appeared too rarely, so far. Board rates have risen about ten per cent this this year; hopefully some of the increment will go towards a full dinner pail. A good condiment can enhance the best food and disguise the worst...
...declined to say whether the increase will keep pace across the board with tuition rises, stating that the exact average increment "will not be known until the end of the academic year when all the figures...
...course, whether the games will be more or less enjoyable next season is another question. The theory has been advanced that there is some correlation between the abandonment of the two platoon system and the female increment. Many people found it difficult to explain to their curious dates who all the people running around down on the field were. But then, on the other hand, there is the question of how these thrill seeking young girls will react to the lower scoring games which are almost certain to occur...