Word: scales
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...practice, much of this money is more likely to wind up in the bank. One reason is that heavy government spending in most underdeveloped nations could cause inflation. For another, it is seldom used for large-scale development projects, since these would demand additional investment and operating expenses that few poor countries can afford. Frequently the U.S. lends the nation some of its blocked currency, but the interest payments only add to the hoard. One of the most serious problems is governmental limitations on spending written into U.S. legislation...
...nchez proposes a public corporation to raise investment capital at home. He aims to check inflationary land speculation, carry on large-scale road-construction projects, build new schools and hospitals, double teacher training, reform the fragmented housing program and-to help pay for it all-boost taxes. The only conspicuous initiative absent from his 85 points is an attempt to start a meaningful birth-control campaign, the one sure solution to the island's spiraling population...
...nation whose intentions are a main topic of speculation in the West, and were frequently invoked at last week's hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (see THE NATION). About to set off its third nuclear blast, supported by a huge army that could bring full-scale war to Southeast Asia if it marched south, Red China is certainly what Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recently called it: "a threat of greatest concern to the U.S." The threat is the more bother some because China's very frustrations make its reactions so odd and unpredictable. But, while...
...reducing public building by $168 million during the 1966-67 fiscal year. To prod British industry into selling more abroad, the government devised a new system of capital-investment grants and formed a commission to promote mergers among companies that are too small to compete on an international scale. If these tonics fail, Whitehall will prescribe stronger medicine. "I repeat," said Wilson, "that whatever measures are needed to strengthen our balance of payments and keep sterling strong will be taken...
...NCAA rule states that colleges may not give financial aid to a student-athlete unless he has a potential of 1.600 based on a 4.000 scale (four for A's, three for B's, etc.); nor may any student compete in intercollegiate athletics unless be maintains such an average...