Word: invest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wrote and found that four of the perpetual subscribers had been willed their subscriptions. A former Yale biologist philosophized: "No matter how broke I get I will always have something to will." Another said, "I regard it as the best investment I ever made"-a sentiment echoed by many. A U.S. Army intelligence officer wrote: "When I subscribed, I figured this is a new slant on the news-this will succeed." A social science teacher, who used TIME in her classes, explained: "After I married and became a homemaker I needed TIME more than ever to keep me in touch...
Leisure to Invest. Modern man's increased leisure, largely due to power-driven machines, is having an effect only a little less basic. For one thing, the average man now can let his children be educated; they are not needed immediately for productive work. More & more of their early years can be invested in education-which makes them more productive later on. In the 19th Century few children went beyond grammar school. Now some 40% of U.S. children go through high school, about 7% graduate from college. One important byproduct: more trained personnel for the research laboratories that...