Word: lead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doubts about the continued rise in U.S. productivity. There are other problems, such as how the benefits of increased productivity shall be divided among labor, investors and consumers. Said Henry Ford II recently; "Any attempt by labor or capital to grab the total increase in productivity, or more, can lead only to price inflation and/or shrinkage of the total market." But if management and labor can agree on an equitable split that will also mean increased dividends to investors plus stable or lower prices to consumers, then most economists believe that the failure to step up productivity in 1956 will...
...Calder Willingham himself who wrote the screenplay-which in fact is carved out of the Broadway play that Willingham carved out of his novel in 1953. The film begins at the climax of the play with a magnificent instance of what writers call a "blind lead." The moviegoer is asked to swallow a veritable camel of complex motive and movement, and to swallow it in the dark. For half an hour, while a massive and subtle scheme of revenge takes form before his eyes, the moviegoer has almost no idea what is really going on. But the suspense of wondering...
...preparing to face an investigation of their wide influence. The proliferation of such agencies as the SEC and FCC is an important phase in the growth of the national bureaucracy. The proposed inquiry by Representative Moulder's subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce should lead to better means of holding these agencies responsible to Congress, as well as to exposure of abuses of their powers...
...inherent in such independence as the commissions enjoy. The natural tendency of any agency is to increase its power beyond that intended by the statutes creating it, especially when those statutes are vague. The investigation should determine how well the commissions have stuck to their original functions and should lead to a more exact definition of their position in the enforcement of legislation...
...Crimson attack, led by Jerry Pyle who scored two goals, registered four tallies in the second period to offset the Cornell team's first quarter lead. Pyle Francis Loewald, Barry Saxe, and Mike Shaw provided the scoring shots in this rally...