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...most in a tighter economy. A.F.L.-C.l.O. President George Meany said last week that labor would not buy Nixon's call for wage moderation. He promised labor will continue to press for more and more, as prices continue to rise. In major contracts negotiated through September, the median increase in wages and fringes has jumped to 8.1% as against 6.6% for last year; in the construction trades, it is 12.5%. These are the kinds of increases that Nixon hopes management will resist...
...change, admissions officials explain, is the result of better applicants. The median SAT score has increased from 560 to 654 over the ten-year period. Now only about 100 applicants are rejected annually for fear they cannot handle the work...
...Your median SAT scores hover in the 680's, down slightly from last year's figure, but not enough to matter...
Citing Gallup polls going back to 1943, Smith says that the median number of children considered ideal by non-Catholic American women has always been more than two. Well-educated, middle-and upper-class women usually want fewer children than poor women. But "on the average, all parents desire more children than the number required to maintain the population equilibrium." Birth control devices are already widely available to all but a tiny fraction of U.S. citizens. Smith declares, but -really effective population control cannot be achieved until there is a change in society's attitude toward procreation. As things...
...median U.S. family income is still only $7,974 a year. According to the Labor Department, an urban family maintains a "poor" standard of living at $5,915 a year, while a "moderate" standard of living requires...