Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Middle East crisis flared and flickered last week, the New York Stock Exchange reflected the developments hour by hour. Led by big international oils like Gulf, Royal Dutch Shell, Standard Oil (N.J.), some stocks bounced up more than two points in an hour, then slipped back. By week's end the Dow-Jones industrial average had dipped to 480.67 for a 4.68-point loss. Only steels were consistent gainers, and there the star was Lukens Steel, makers of heavy steel plate for ships. Jumping as much as 12 points a session, it shot 34½ points higher during...
...highest-grade collateral. Meredith began developing the idea that, instead of looking mainly to collateral, the loanmakers should consider a man's job and his ability to repay. A mortgage, he argued, is not just a lien on property, but "instead is a means of raising the standard of living...
...under which his com pany has been haled into court 22 times, "are fair and should be vigorously enforced." Though some businessmen still argue publicly that the Federal Government should stop regulating business, the majority agree privately that Government intervention is preferable to the economy of the jungle. Says Standard Oil Co. of California President Ted Petersen. "Busi ness should be allowed the right to property, but not the right to destroy. The businessman expects to have Government stop...
...earth's closest imitation of a paradise" if we compare our problems, democratic achievements and cultural standing with those of many of our sister republics of the Americas. We have been suffering from the evils of a mild inflation but our peso still permits us to enjoy a standard of living which leaves nothing to envy in the U.S. Uruguay has resources and will undoubtedly overcome its difficulties in the economic field; its biggest assets: an ideal geographical position, a 3,000,000 all-white population and 100,000 sq. mi. of fertile land. With a political tradition...
...Council accepted most of the other proposals in the report, and accepted a last-minute committee addition that, "In order to insure an equal standard of efficiency and comfort for all upperclassmen we recommend that the eighth House be an 'overflow House' to accommodate those upperclassmen in Wiggles-worth and Claverly...