Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citing the inadequacy of the federal system of checks and balances, he noted that executive appointment, legislative confirmation, and impeachment powers were the only controls over the judiciary. He clearly implied that he might support the latter course, and commented, "I'm not sure that the lower house would institute impeachment...
...their metropolitan competitors. Most middle-tier dailies net between 8% and 12% a year, v. 3% to 5% for the prosperous big-city papers-and few of the big-city papers are truly prosperous. They also compete less fiercely for advertising than most metropolitan dailies, which not only charge lower line rates but must pay far more to boost out-of-city circulation. Says a Chicago metropolitan newspaper executive: "Anybody who's looking for a newspaper with a future ought to look in the middle-sized cities. Most big papers today are nothing but big trouble...
...what of teacher training? Last year, the National Education Association reported, U.S. colleges and universities turned out only 2,982 mathematics teachers, compared to 9,783 teachers of physical education. Said Dean Lester Vander Werf of Northeastern College of Education: "Teachers are of a lower mental caliber than members of any other profession and are not intelligent enough for the functions they perform. Bright students are not encouraged by parents and teachers to become teachers...
...debt lest it go through the ceiling, must often borrow at times during the year when seasonal demands of business make money tightest and most expensive. Another problem is that such independent borrowers as Fannie May usually cost the U.S. more in the long run. With a lower credit rating, Fannie May pays an average 3.96% interest for the money it borrows v. an average 2.78% for the Treasury itself. The ceiling also costs the U.S. money in departments that have nothing to do with the Treasury. Said one Washington economist: "I've seen the Navy cut back...
...chief designer, thereby becoming successor to the late Christian Dior. Lean, shy and bespectacled, Algerian-born Saint-Laurent got his start at only 17 when Dior plucked him from a fashion-designer contest he was judging, made the boy his protege. Saint-Laurent took charge of Dior's lower-priced clothes for Dior's spring collection this year, is unofficially credited with designing nearly half of this fall...