Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uncentral kitchen gets closer by several minutes to the three minute egg than most other dining halls and the food in general keeps ahead of the College standard...
Among the biggest spenders is the oil industry. With 1955 earnings of $262 million (up $36 million over 1954), Texas Co. Chairman J. S. Leach announced that his company would spend $325 million this year for new petrochemical plants, refineries and research centers. Close behind, Gulf Oil, Standard of Ohio...
...Standard of California tacked on new projects for cracking plants worth another $70 million. Still another was Sinclair Oil, which turned a profit of $80 million in 1955 (some 8% better than 1954), and plans a huge expansion program. Since 1951, Sinclair has spent $750 million on capital improvement. Said Sinclair's President P. C. Spencer: "Our estimate of the future offers no prospect that such expenditures will be less over the next five years. They may well be substantially greater...
Finally, not all races finish at the end of the pool. Standard pools are 25 yards long. This means that for the 220 and 440, strings must be lowered across the water for the last abbreviated...
...they were curious, especially concerning the standard of living in the West. Such questions as these were frequently asked Malia: "What is it like to live there?"; "Are your automobiles better than ours?"; "What does an average worker earn?"; "What can you buy with what the average worker gets?" Even taxi drivers were curious. Many asked about the traffic in the United States, and whether there was more of it than in Russia. Most of them, Malia says, knew there was more in America...