Word: quarterly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...popular Rural Self-Help scheme, which gives villagers essentials such as nails, cement and simple tools so that they themselves can build schools, roads and small dams, had ground to a stop because U.S. funds had run out. ICA's new discipline requires strict accounting of first-quarter funds before second-quarter funds can be released. But Laotians, not accustomed to American accountants' techniques, were slow to comply with all the forms, despite lengthy pleas from Vientiane. Rather than see the whole program collapse before the rainy season stops all work in June, ICA Mission Chief Daly Lavergne...
Encouraged by rising consumer buying, appliance makers have increased their production schedules, and some are adding to plant facilities. The Norge Division of Borg-Warner Corp. last week announced that it will boost second-quarter production 90% over the same period last year...
...finials. In place of reflected skyline and cloud patterns bouncing back from vast glass slabs, architects are tucking glass back and out of sight, concentrating on giving back to architecture the play of light and shadow. Symbolism and historical evocation are suddenly staging their first comeback in over a quarter of a century...
...Gross national product in the first quarter increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $465 billion, up from $453 billion in the fourth quarter last year, the President's Council of Economic Advisers reported in a preliminary estimate...
Another interesting race will be captain Albie Gordon's encounter in the 440 with Princeton's sensational sophomore Dick Edmunds. Edmunds ran a 47.4 quarter last year, and he turned in a 49.0 effort a week ago. Gordon did 49.2 last Saturday, and his competitive drive will make the race an exciting...