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Word: merely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW ART BRINGS A REVOLUTION TO INDUSTRY: Human Relations | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW ART BRINGS A REVOLUTION TO INDUSTRY: Human Relations | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 4/9/1952 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Old Grad | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Colossal | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

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