Word: quota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Houses had already used other techniques to cut the overflow down to its present level. Last week there were 62 vacancies in the Houses, 87 floaters, and 48 returnees. To deal with this situation Dean Watson removed the quota on off-campus living and allowed the Masters to give permission to live off campus to those juniors and seniors who wished to do so. In some Houses, such as Adams, the quota of 28 set last May by Dean Watson was exceeded, in others it was not. The vacancies created were filled by floaters. If there were any left over...
Last January Dean Watson set a limit of 20 students in each House who could live off-campus. In the Spring, perceiving that things might be a little tight in the fall, he raised each quota to 28. Most Houses failed to fulfill their quota, bu tat least one, Adams, had far more applicants to live off than the quota permitted. Instead of raising the Adams Houses failed to fill their quota, but at least one, other Houses, the administration remained rigid. Thus in the Spring it denied off-campus status to many students, and in the fall, to open...
...GIRL-GETTERS. Bird hunters fill their quota at a sleazy English seaside resort, where one young beachnik (Oliver Reed) shows a singular flair for wasting his youth...
...pleased that he published the story under his own pen name: Willy. In a month, Claudine at School was a bawdy bestseller-Henri was so pleased that he locked her in her room every morning and refused to let her out until she had written her daily quota. In this manner she produced three sequels to Claudine and made her husband famous-Henri was so pleased that he put an end to the marriage...
...automatic, dealers can anticipate it by several weeks, and pass on some of the savings to buyers. The best time to buy a car, therefore, is shortly before a model change. >Manufacturers frequently run dealer contests, offering the dealers $25 to $50 rebates on cars sold over a certain quota. Contests are not announced publicly, but ads for "value days" or license-plate raffles are tipoffs to dealer contests that can mean better bargains for buyers. > When a customer arranges new-car credit through his dealer, the lending institution usually rebates part of the finance charges on the car back...