Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...checkup every six months can out deaths in half, he stated, a nationwide system of manditory inspection "with teeth in it" could lower the rate even further...
Christopher had his own room with a double-decker bunk. With both beds free, less adventurous types probably would have found the lower bunk more convenient. But not Pardee. He deliberately chose the upper berth, I think, so that he could leap up and land on his back...
...these grants, despite all the hullabaloo created by the News Office, are piddling. Radcliffe will still offer only seven all-expense scholarships to students whose families can afford to pay nothing at all. The college, unlike Harvard, will continue to have almost no representation from the lower half of America's economy. President Bunting has acknowledged the college's inability to offer admission to these students but claims Radcliffe will seek them out more frequently once it obtains funds for the purpose...
...William claims that IATA has, under his management, reduced international fares. His critics insist that fares would be even lower, were it not for IATA-recommended rates. It is hard to tell who is right. When IATA was established, a first-class round-trip ticket between New York and London cost $650. Now, with many more planes and a much stiffer competitive situation, that same ticket costs $712.50. But under IATA auspices a whole range of cheaper tickets-tourist class, economy class and excursion rates-has been introduced, so that the truly thrifty tourist can now fly from New York...
...curmudgeon to lead the organization. Taking over is Knut HammarskjÖld, 44, a nephew of the United Nations' late Dag HammarskjÖld. Knut has most recently served as deputy secretary-general of the European Free Trade Association in Geneva. He seems to lean toward lower fares, but everyone expects that whatever he does, he will do it more tactfully than Hildred...