Word: pers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three-mile grind, Syracuse held the lead, but at the halfway mark, running a stroke under Syracuse, Coach Norm Sonju's Wisconsin eight forged in front. At two miles, Syracuse edged closer. But with a half mile to go, Wisconsin mounted a killing sprint at 39 strokes per minute, coasted home to win by two lengths for its first I.R.A. victory since 1951, when the regatta was held at Marietta, Ohio...
...economic area-the level of industrial output per man-hour -Russia is still far behind the U.S. U.S. national product per man-hour has been rising even faster than national product per capita (which is by far the highest of any nation), has'jumped at a rate of 35% to 40% a decade since World War II-and is still growing by the day. The reasons for the growth, says the report, are not only an increase in the volume of capital goods (of which the U.S. has more than any other nation), but the U.S.'s large...
...raise because their wages have already outrun gains in productivity, which the industry calculates has risen at an annual rate of 1.5% a year since 1940. The union disputes this by using a productivity figure of 3.2%. The reason for the difference is that management uses steel shipments per man-hour to arrive at its figure and the union uses output per man-hour, while each selects productivity figures over different periods. This is just the sort of thing that caused Government agencies to shy away from choosing a set of statistics...
...also produces steam to operate the plant with enough left over, in some cases, to sell as commercial power. The only residue is an inoffensive and inert ash heavy enough to use as land fill. Sterling estimates that operating cost of the Chicago plant will be $12 to $15 per ton of sludge v. $45 per ton for older methods. Sterling does not expect to make much of a profit on the Chicago plant, but hopes it will prove so successful that other cities will follow. Says Sterling's Chairman James Hill Jr.: "When people see how well these...
...Trouble. As production has increased, consumption has dropped from 383 eggs per capita a year in 1949 to 359 due to dieters skipping heavy breakfasts and some fear of cholesterol in egg yolks. To bring production more in line with consumption, many a big producer thinks that the Government should stay out of the market, let competition eliminate marginal producers. Says N.A. McNally, who operates a 100,000-chicken farm near Los Angeles: "If the Government had just let things alone, some marginal producers would have been dropping out of the picture by now. I mean...