Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University of Massachusetts--UMass--had long since thrown off the the "agricultural school" odium before Mather moved into the presidency in 1954. But primarily through Mather's efforts the Amherst school is raising itself from the lower ranks of educational society into the upper reaches--despite the interference of the state legislature. The short-sighted efforts of a few senators on Beacon Hill brought about the president's resignation early last month, ignited public controversy, and demonstrated the tremendous changes in the seam-splitting state university...
...Harvard '62 did not go to college. Over 42 per cent of UMass students's fathers work at "blue collar" jobs, but for Harvard the figure is only 8.2 per cent. Shannon McCune, Provost of the University of Massachusetts, estimates that fully 80 per cent of his students are lower- to middle-middle class...
...higher. The process is already operating. Last week, as the 91-day bill rate went up to nearly 4.2% from 3.979% on the sale a week before, it easily jumped over the new 4% discount rate set by the Federal Reserve to stop banks from taking advantage of the lower discount rate...
Thus the coal-mining, textile and auto industry towns, said the Labor Department, bear the burden of chronic unemployment. In Detroit alone, automation, decentralization and lower production have brought the loss of 130,000 auto manufacturing jobs in the past nine years. This means, said the Labor Department, that since 1950 one out of every three auto workers has lost...
...Three's compact cars. Styled with a sports-car slope, the Valiant seats six, gets 30 miles per gallon, has a top speed of 100 m.p.h. Among its features: a new six-cylinder engine mounted at a 30° angle, instead of straight, to give the car a lower center of gravity, and an alternator* instead of a direct-current generator. Chief advantages over a DC generator: more electrical energy at idling and low speeds, longer battery life. Initially, the Valiant (priced at about $2,000 plus taxes, but no extras) will be offered in a four-door sedan...