Word: standardizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...main point is that "Mr. Raphaelson's criterion 'easy to follow' applies best to the funny papers," which is so. It is also true that this standard led to some flippancy that Miss Handy points out, and to a false judgment of her own poem "Narcissus," which she does not point out, but which I hereby correct by announcing that in my chastened opinion, reached after a re-reading, "Narcissus" is a fine poem, in spite of the confusing punctuation that makes it seem harder to follow than...
...lead them into aggressive war, although they, of all people, should have known better. One of their great historic achievements was to "stretch" the sandy acres of the Prussian plain, by good farming. As a result of good farming practices and highly skilled industry, Germany had the highest living standard of Continental Europe. Yet, obsessed by slice-of-cake thinking, it set out to conquer more "biotic potential...
...companies, accounting for over 90% of the whole industry and 300,000 workers. Private owners would be compensated at the market value of their holdings. The Tories immediately roared with pain, claiming that steel share prices had already been depressed by fear of nationalization itself. "This," cried the Standard, "is the rawest deal ever handed...
...down, the cause was generally 1) high-priced inventories at a time when prices were dropping or 2) a shift to a buyers' market, which cut sales. Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, for one, reported a third-quarter net of $3.1 million (v. $5.3 million last year) on lower sales. Standard Brands showed a profit of only $787,519, a drop of 49%. With sales slipping, five out of eleven makers of electric appliances reported declines ranging from 2% (for Noma Electric) to 43% (for Bendix Home Appliances). Truckmakers Diamond T and Autocar slipped badly and Reo Motors drove into...
Something of a nominal metamorphosis was reported for the Harvard Committee for Wallace last night by Secretary Arnold Berman '50. He announced that the name of the group would be changed to the "Young Progressive of Harvard" to eliminate association with their defeated standard bearer...