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...breaking the record which he established only two weeks ago, Benjamin was pressed relentlessly by sophomore Jed Fitzgerald. The two ran close together over the last half of the five mile course until Benjamin made a decisive spurt within 400 yards of the finish. Fitzgerald's second place time of 25 min., 50 secs. was only three seconds off the old record and represents his finest effort of this year...
...previous recession-recovery period. Manufacturing employees' productivity rose 4% from January through July; for the whole year it will probably rise 6% to 7% v. an average annual increase of 3.2%-including virtually no increases at all in the last two years. A big reason for the spurt is that most of the record $100 billion that U.S. industry invested in new plant and equipment in the past three years is coming into production. Steadily rising labor costs have forced industry into a major drive to produce more with fewer workers, placing new emphasis on automation and efficiency. Last...
...display last week, Avery's sudden end-of-the-summer spurt made a glowing show. Hot Moon hung in the August sky like a ball of orange light that cast an orange sheen over the magenta sea; Sail shows a ghostly boat slipping silently through a sea of rapid blue and white strokes. "When people ask me how long it took," Avery explained. "I say 30 years. That's how long the preparation took...
...reasons for the spurt in sales and orders was the ever-growing construction boom. Total estimated construction set in place during August reached an alltime monthly high of $4.8 billion-$160 million better than July...
Slowest segment of the economy to respond to the Department's turnaround on spending is the aircraft industry. While Defense has placed many new orders, most companies are just entering the stage of stepped-up employment. With orders nicely backlogging. the spurt of inventory building and deliveries is at least three months away...