Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said for Hummon's own first legislature. It had finally discovered and approved the principle of the secret ballot (only South Carolina still held out against it). It had passed a law requiring blood tests before marriage and it had approved a program to raise the depressed level of education in Georgia (the paid lobbyist for more education was Hummon's chief crony, ex-Speaker Roy Harris...
...raise the level of conversation at Rutgers University, Philosopher Houston Peterson made a provocative suggestion...
Stand Pat. There seemed small chance of anyone else following G.M.'s lead on prices. Said Ford Sales Boss Jack Davis: "We are not reducing the prices of our cars, because of the current high level of wage and material costs." Ford's three-passenger business coupe, now selling at $1,158, is still well under Chevrolet's cheapest at $1,260 and Plymouth...
...industry's top economist. Said he: "You will build between 7 and 10% fewer dwellings than in 1948. I expect the total . . . will be 850,000." Wenzlick also predicted that construction costs will drop slightly in a few months, a little more later in the year, and then level...
...Cadets are good, too. Jim Sholtz, 22-year-old senior, unofficially broke the world record in the 35-pound weight throw at the IC4-A's. A raised throwing platform prevented recognition of the record, but Sholtz will get another chance tomorrow--throwing from an official, ground-level board at Briggs Cage. "Sholtz is capable of throwing 63 or 64 feet," claims Sam Felton. Other possible event-winners for Army are Black Jack Hammack in the 600, and Win Scott in the broad jump. Both Army and Yale have swift one-mile relay teams, and the result of this event...