Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...such things as pre-season practices, eligibility of players, post-season game rules, scouting agreements, etc. The college newspapers as a result of a careful cooperative investigation reached the conclusion that rules drawn up by these colleges would have the effect of raising and standardizing athletic practices on a level that would revive and maintain amateurism in college football...
...been the results. In 1934 at the bottom of the production curve when output was running about 20,000 cars per week, the industry was providing less than 8,500,000 man-hours of work per week. Last year the worst figure, when production was at almost the same level, was 12,000,000 man-hours per week. Total work provided by "banking" in the past motor year is estimated at 30,000,000 man-hours. The early show provided 50,000,000 man-hours. Of course, this was not additional work: it was work done in the autumn...
...inoculating against unionism thus far discovered by the motormakers is to grant in some measure at least, what their workers really want. The union platforms call for stabilization of employment, which the companies are giving. They call for higher wage scales, which have been raised above the 1929 level, although the cost of living is still below that year. They call for annual earnings of $2,000 per worker. No small number of workers are already getting well over $1,500. They call for bonuses in proportion to profits. Chrysler voted its 67,000 employes a $4,000,000 Christmas...
Ketchum is a tank town on a branch line of Union Pacific R. R. Its new importance springs from the fact that it lies a mile above sea level in snowy Sun Valley at the heart of the Sawtooth Mountains. For in Sun Valley, U. P.'s Chairman William Averell Harriman is developing a winter resort with heavy emphasis on skiing. He envisions it as a St. Moritz...
...little tunneling under the cold crust of facts and figures relating to scholarships uncarths significant features. The distribution curve on the rank list is, of course, far above the general level. More pertinent, however, is an examination of one category of scholarships, the Prize Fellowships, the cream of the crop and President Conant's especial dream children...