Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...success of the Regional Studies Program at the graduate level elicits an almost automatic question: Why shouldn't undergraduates be allowed to concentrate in Regional Studies? Many of the people most able to benefit from such a program, those who are entering public service, business, and journalism, often do not wish to take graduate training. A Ph.D. is not necessary for a career in journalism; often the public service career men enter government service directly, and those wishing to enter business usually prefer to go to business school, if they wish any graduate training at all. It would seem that...
...philosophy of their own. The elder generation wants to work short hours, get high pay, ride in big cars and watch television." The effect on the schools, said Grayson Kirk, has been devastating. "Many a bright student finds only boredom in a class where the intellectual level is pitched to the duller students. Many will even conceal their capacities and knowledge because . . . they are intimidated by the anti-intellectualism that dominates so many classes...
...important estimates of Treasury income v. outgo. Yet it is no secret that there will be one crisis after another until March 15, when heavy corporate tax payments start pouring in. From October through February, Treasury income is at its lowest point, while expenditures continue at their high level. In fiscal 1957, for example, the U.S. Government collected $24.4 billion from October through February, but spent $29.2 billion. Realizing its predicament, the Treasury got Congress to boost the debt limit temporarily to $278 billion until income picked up again. Early this year the Treasury thought it could get by, asked...
...carloadings dipped 5.4% from the previous week-the sharpest week-to-week drop in three years-and were 12.6% under the same week of 1956. The overall picture was not quite so dark as the week-to-week statistics made it appear. Carloadings have been dropping from the 1956 level for most of this year, but the gap between loadings in 1957 and 1956 has remained steady. For the first six months, loadings were down 5.7%, and for the 4½ months since, the decrease is no greater. Railmen hope the year ends off only about...
...CRITIC'S WIFE: "The producer feels that the mere physical presence of a wife depresses the critic, lowers his spirits, clogs his areas of good will, and leaves his head rattling with phrases like 'witless,' 'tasteless,' and 'below the level of the professional theatre' . . . 'What if a doctor had to bring his wife along when he performed an operation?' the producer will ask you. 'Can't you see her sitting there murmuring, 'Here's a nice suture, dear, and why don't you try this clamp...