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...contents also enjoy widespread word-of-mouth circulation by its readers, whose income and education are well above the national median. In sum, CR has many of the attributes of an attractive advertising medium. Yet it refuses all ads. "We feel that it would compromise our relationship with manufacturers," explains Robert L. Smith, assistant director of Consumers Union. "We never know what we are going to tackle next, and we don't want to feel restricted...
...Note: the median income of the Class...
...Business School denies the change in atmosphere most often explained by "the new breed of first-year student." This type of student is not interested primarily in becoming a corporate vice-president soon after he graduates. His immediate goal in life is not merely to exceed the median starting salary for Harvard MBAs ($13,500). Instead, the new breed of Business School student is often interested in going into social work, polities, or education. He goes to the Business School to learn how to deal with businessmen, not to become...
...that same Decennial Report, Blackmun and his classmates are subjected to a statistical breakdown. The median income of all the lawyers in his class is $3,000.00. One makes $11,000, another makes $100.00. Blackmun's income is not given, but it was probably at neither extreme. Three hundred and one of his classmates are Republicans, three hundred and thirty-six are Independents, eighty seven are Democrats, and ten are Socialists. They oppose President Roosevelt...
...occupations employing the largest number of women-teaching, nursing, making clothes, cooking and cleaning-are simply functions that have been transferred from the home to some institution. Whatever the job, a woman's wage seldom matches a man's. In 1957, fully employed women earned a median wage of $3,008 a year and men, $4,713. By 1968, men's income had risen 65%, to about $7,800, while women's had gone...