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...House plan. It has been estimated that it would take about $5 million to complete the proposed physical changes in dormitories and the dining rooms. But, as Schultz noted, it might take even more money to establish and maintain a complete tutorial system. No matter how great the initial outlay, however, Brown must consider the eventual benefits the House system will produce...
...chief statistician for the Commerce Department, reported an ingenious system of ranking U.S. industries on this count. Key to Paradise's box score is the amount of value that a business adds to the economy for each worker it employs-the added value being the sum of wage outlay, company profits and interest payments to lenders. For U.S. business as a whole, the value added to the economy per worker in 1960 was $5,600. The standings of specific industries, expressed as a percentage of that average...
...annual report to President Nathan M. Pusey, Dean Griswold contrasted the small research investment for disarmament studies with the necessary large expenditures for defense research, the small expenditure for auto accident research with large outlay for studying cancer. He proposed that research Institutes of Law be associated with several of the nation's law schools, supported preferably by private funds...
...investment of $3 billion (two-thirds paid by the Federal Government), including $900 million for basic research and $2.1 billion for science and engineering education. But to train the new generation will require almost twice as many teachers, $3.5 billion worth of new buildings, and a $5 billion yearly outlay for salaries, supplies and overhead. The grand yearly total in 1970: at least $8.2 billion...
...mass movement into the world of mosquitoes, snakes and burrs? For many, the motive is simply that they are tired of expensive hotels and motels; camping provides an inexpensive vacation. A family of four can go into a national park for $1 (or in some cases, nothing) and an outlay of as little as $200 for equipment that will last for years. For a great number of other people, the urge goes deeper than economics: in a sense they still seek what Thoreau looked for at Walden...