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Word: scalese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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As he set foot in Panama, Milton delivered the welcome news that a joint U.S. House-Senate committee had just agreed to end the controversial double standard under which U.S. and Panamanian Canal employees are paid according to separate wage scales. His No. 1 mission, however, is asking questions and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Answers, Please | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

The very democratic theory which first attached the words "public" and "universal" to education has proven to be education's most ruthless opponent at the other end of the scales of values: democracy in education has come to mean mediocrity.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Dilemma of U.S. Secondary Schools: Democracy's Burden on the Intellect | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

The bill extends unemployment benefits half again as many weeks as each state allows. It requires states to repay within four years such funds advanced by the Federal Government. But it gives the states an option to accept or decline this additional aid. What Kennedy and Douglas were after was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Poles Apart | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

He bought the newest U.S. equipment and made it pay off with efficient, low-cost operation. To win passengers, Qantas specialized in light, bright ads, once kicked off a plane-naming contest with "Be the first one in your block to win a kangaroo." To keep its customers, it laid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Flying Kangaroo | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

Died. William H. Francis Jr., 43, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Personnel and Reserve (since April 1957), Houston lawyer, longtime behind-the-scenes power in Texas Republican politics, World War II intelligence captain on Ike's staff; of a heart attack after playing tennis; in Washington, D.C. An...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 2, 1958 | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

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