Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...until Mayo was called in to make tests of his own did the company discover what had happened. The simple answer: both groups were producing more because they had been singled out for special attention. The excitement of the experiments made them feel that they were no longer mere cogs...
...doling out favors with an air of paternalism. Said one Kansas City industrialist: "We give our employees a Christmas party and that keeps 'em happy until we throw 'em a summer picnic." Still others have made the mistake of trying to create good human relations by mere words...
Coach Bruce Munro and his 1952 squad have changed things. Playing under these same abysmal conditions, this Crimson outfit held Maryland to a mere six goals (1951 score: 14 to 2; 1950: 17 to 2) and almost beat Navy, barely losing, 8 to 7 (1951 score...
...career woman, she soon learns that it is still a man's world. Her median income at the time of the survey was a mere $2,689, and only a handful (6%) of fellow graduates have ended up as doctors, lawyers or dentists; only 12% became executives. In six out of ten cases, "the typical college career woman [is] a schoolteacher." Party Lines. Male or female, the Old Grad is something of a rebuke to those who think that a campus is a breeder of radi cals. Republicans outnumber Democrats three to two, and more than half...
...confer on world exploitation of Quo Vadis, M-G-M last week brought its managers from 37 countries to Rome. But since no mere managers' meeting could possibly spark the proper promotional fire, M-G-M put on a $100,000 show called "Colossal Quo Vadis Conference" that nearly rivaled the blaze of the $6,500,000 picture itself...