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...plateau achieved by the wholesale commodity price index-down two-tenths of a point in the past year. Another sign, but less significant because it covers more luxuries and services: the Labor Department's consumer price index shows that living costs dipped slightly in January (one-tenth of 1%) for the second consecutive month-the first time since 1956 that decreases have come back to back...
...deals. He sometimes makes bad guesses: he backed Sydney Albert's overexpanded Bellanca empire before it collapsed (TIME, Oct. 22, 1956), soon after was hit by two frauds totaling $2,200,000 -though both losses were cut heavily by insurance. But his default record has averaged a low one-tenth...
...police raised some of the old fears about democracy's hold on Japan, so has the crudity of Socialist tactics in the Diet and on the streets. Since the war the Socialist Party has steadily increased its share of the total vote, from little more than one-tenth to nearly one-third. But Kishi has gained from Socialist rashness. In the 1958 elections, Kishi for the first time limited the Socialist gains to less than 3%, and subsequent wrangling among the leaders resulted in a Socialist split between right-and left-wing factions...
Each company pays Flight Safety $750 per pilot for the first year's instruction, $600 for each additional year's refresher course. Ueltschi estimates that Flight Safety's charges are one-tenth of what it would cost a company to maintain sufficient instructors, equipment and flight procedures. In addition, the pilots put in time (cost to the companies: $50 an hour) in a twin-engine translator and a just purchased Convair 340-440 simulator that can simulate every possible flight condition from ice to fire to mechanical malfunction. "There is not a pilot anywhere we could...
...freshman meet, the Crimson squad also took dead last, tallying 54 points, against 30 for Yale and 36 for Princeton. Eli Bob Mack covered the three and one-tenth mile distance in 15:16 for a new record, breaking the old mark of 15:39 set by Tiger Pete Hoey, who finished second yesterday...