Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rotors forward so that they begin to act like oversized airplane propellers. As the aircraft gains forward speed, its wing begins to contribute lift. When the rotors have been turned through 90° and are facing fully forward, all the lift comes from the wing, as in a standard airplane. The conversion in the Bell takes about 15 seconds and is said to be smooth and easy. Top speed in horizontal flight: more than 175 m.p.h...
CREOLE PETROLEUM, 95% owned by Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), will split its stock three for one, and add new shares to a total of 90 million because of its increased investment in new Venezuelan oilfields. The announcement sent the stock, which hit a 1954 low of 73½, up 13½ points to a new high...
...June), prices tumbled to the lowest levels in more than a year. General Foods Corp., biggest U.S. roaster, clipped 5? off the price of Maxwell House, pushed the wholesale price down to 97?. A. & P. Co. slashed its Eight O'Clock coffee from 89? to 79? a lb. Standard Brands cut 10? a lb. off Chase & Sanborn...
Ready claimed that the AFL wanted to take over University employees in order to use University wages and benefits as a standard for all New England colleges. The University is one of the few New England institutions not under AFL control, and pays higher wages than any comparable employer...
Yale appears to have a double standard for administering punishments. For one type of offense, a student must take an extra course; for the other he must not attend class...