Word: quota
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Four C.C.A.-endorsed candidates won places on the Cambridge School Committee, final results of last week's election showed. Under the PR system, candidates must reach a quota of votes to be guaranteed a place on the Committee. Mrs. Pearl Wise, a C.C.A. candidate was the first person to make the quota...
Robert C. Terry, Jr. '54. Co Chairman of the charity drive, admitted that he was "sorely disappointed" at the failure of students to meet a quota already lowered by $4,000. In explanation Terry noted that they had "collected about twice as much money out of pocket" as last year's drive, but that losing the convenience of the term bill system had severely hampered them...
...Chancellor of the Exchequer "Rab" Butler announced that Britain would reverse its slow gyration towards economic nationalism by raising from 58% to 75% the proportion of British imports freed from quota restrictions. British tourists will henceforth be allowed to take abroad ?50 ($140) apiece instead of the ?40 ($112) permitted before. ¶France's Finance Minister Edgar Faure promised a "modest" removal of French trade restrictions from "about 20%" of French imports. As France is the worst offender, OEEC decided that Faure's gesture was not enough; France got orders to report back next year, itemizing the steps...
...liquor, he must first be investigated by the Royal Control Board. He may then get a liquor passbook entitling him, according to age and income, to from one to three quarts of hard liquor monthly. If he proves boisterous on his allotment, the vigilant board may reduce his quota, or even lift his book. An unmarried female is usually allowed only one quart of liquor every three months, and loses this ration when she marries...
While Engel placed his blood quota at 2,500 pints-the same quota as last year-Combined Charities chairman Kirby von Kessler '54 announced that his undergraduate goal would be only $18,000, a drop of $4,000 from last year...