Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another seven years," he boasted, "we will be on the same level as America." Russians standing near by broke into applause as he added that the Soviet achievement was worth bragging about. Nixon, getting into the Khrushchev spirit, replied that there should be "far more communication and exchange in this area that we speak of. We should hear you more on our television, and you should hear us more on yours." He added that Khrushchev "should not be afraid of ideas...
Finance Minister Mohammed Hadid also studied under and was deeply influenced by that heady English socialist, Laski. Hadid insists that he is "not a dogmatic socialist now," but says: "We aim to pursue the progressive policy of the welfare state ... to level out incomes by means of taxation and social services...
Hole in the Middle. Sound waves can perform the trick. When they pass through the reaction layer, they jostle the gases, make them mix and react either faster or slower, depending on the level of sound...
...economic indicators that have the biggest personal impact on the U.S. workingman-employment, work week and salaries-are steadily moving upward. Last week the Labor Department reported that employment in June climbed to 67,342,000. the highest level in U.S. history and a gain of 4,600,000 since February...
...Administration economists now feel that the sharp, recovery-inspired rise in industrial production (23% since June 1958) is about ready to level off and, because of the steel strike, may briefly drop a bit. After the drop they see a rise in output to an even higher level. Leading the way will be the 1960 auto model year that begins in October, and a capital-goods boom that is expected to run at the annual rate of $34 billion by the last quarter of this year...