Word: present
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Does G.M. feel a responsibility not to compete so hard as to drive marginal producers out of the business? Snapped Donner: "And when did you stop beating your wife? If you are thinking of Studebaker-Packard, we didn't drive them to their present con dition. They drove themselves there. Did you ever stop to wonder what they did with the profits of the lush war years, if they reinvested them in the business...
...because they had not been educated to recognize quality. Manufacturers of building materials have also stressed cost, rather than quality, even though they would all benefit from better homes. By emphasizing quality, they could attract more buyers to the market, help step up the yearly building rate from the present 1,117,000 to the 1,400,000 most experts think the U.S. needs...
...Crimson's "dark horse" football team ran quite strongly in its first outing in the Stadium Saturday, trouncing Tufts in a practice scrimmage by four touchdowns to one (or 30 to 8), and any Ivy oddsmakers who were present may well have had second thoughts about the lowly rating they assigned Harvard on the pre-season dopesheets...
...role of an undergraduate pressure group vis a vis the University administration. This decision, however, does not preclude the possibility that the Council is capable of enlaring its scope of activity nationally, as the Harvard liason with NSA. Enjoying a certain amount of prestige within the NSA at the present, Harvard--represented by the Council--is capable of exerting strong influence and prudent counsel...
...addition, the first floor will have a 165-seat auditorium with a projection booth, screen, and modern lighting facilities. The present mezzanine will be converted into departmental libraries, while offices and seminar rooms will occupy the other three floors. Classrooms will be built in the basement and the first floor...