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...might free thousands to go to the races rather than to the polling booth). Stanton would have all the nation's polling places open at the same time, remain in operation for a full 24 hours, and shut down simultaneously, thereby doing away with the time lag between the East and West coasts...
...shares last week, the Dow-Jones average of 30 industrials worried off another two points and closed at 946-just about where it was half a year ago. Is anything wrong? The answer is that Wall Street today is not just one market but two. While the blue chips lag and drag, investors are switching billions of dollars into lower-priced, lesser-known and more speculative issues...
...sixth grade the U.S. students are out in front in arithmetical reasoning, grammar and reading comprehension, are tied in vocabulary, and lag slightly in computation and spelling...
...Frenchman created rayon back in 1884, and European textile makers began weaving fabrics out of nylon a year after Du Pont developed it in 1938. But the havoc of World War II and a certain resistance to wash-and-wear and wrinkle-free clothes made Europe lag behind the switch to synthetic fibers that swept the U.S. in the 1950s. Now Europe is making up for lost time. Synthetic fibers have become a $2.6 billion business in Western Europe v. $2.4 billion in the U.S. Close to two dozen new chemical-based fiber plants are being built in Europe...
...Japanese economy is still undergoing a bumpy readjustment after five years of explosive growth. A prolonged lag in domestic consumer demand has brought continued production cutbacks, especially in steel and textiles, and lower profit reports by corporations. In Washington last week, Japanese Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda let it be known that his country has decided on a strong dose of U.S.-type medicine. Japan will step up government spending and institute substantial tax cuts, which means that next year it will show its first planned deficit since...