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...every twelve children born in the U.S. is destined to spend some part of his life in a mental hospital, Psychiatrist Francis J. Braceland of Hartford, Conn, reported to the Hoover Commission. State mental hospitals have only three-fourths of the attendants they need, half the doctors and one-fourth of the graduate nurses...
Against these expenditures the President, anticipating growing prosperity, foresaw Government income of $60 billion, an increase of $1 billion over this year. In between is an anticipated deficit of $2.4 billion, approximately one-fourth of the deficit in Harry Truman's last budget. The Government's "cash" budget, which treats trust-fund income, e.g., Social Security funds, as current receipts, is actually expected to show a surplus of $558 million at year...
...Kaishek. He venerated MacArthur, who awarded him a Certificate of Achievement. The Japanese government gave him a plaque for his "great and lasting services," and the U.S. Agriculture Department gave him its "Superior Service Award." He pushed U.S. agricultural sales to Japan, amounting last year to $480 million, about one-fourth of all American farm exports...
Twoscore well-placed hydrogen bombs could kill one-fourth of the American people; conceivably, an all-out surprise attack could destroy the nation's will to resist and power to strike back...
Except for some official statistics, the main source of data came from systematic interviews with members of Harvard's faculty in behavioral sciences. The researchers held interviews with one-fourth of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and examined questionnaires sent to all staff members...