Word: surveys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wall Street still has its speculators. But Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, in a survey of 300,000 big, little and medium-sized investors, discovered that the vast majority bought for long-term investment and had no intention of selling, despite the recession. Even American Telephone & Telegraph Co., that staid old lady of the utilities, is getting to be a growth stock...
Shortly before the downy blanket of winter is drawn up snugly over the countryside, the New York Times publishes a survey of that city's Hundred Neediest Cases. For several pages it details woeful tale after woeful tale, the plight of an "Overburdened Girl" or "Courageous Grandmother" unfolding in full tragedy...
After lunch with the final club presidents and a meeting with members of the Student Council, the Committee visited WHRB, and also heard various talks, including a survey of Radcliffe's role in student activities. A trip to Adams House ended the day for the visitors...
Adams insisted, however, that a survey course in Christian culture must be subjected to the same complete freedom of inquiry as any other descipline. "Christianity cannot expect any special place or privilege," he said...
...consumer reacting to the recovery? This week the University of Michigan's Consumer Attitude Survey reported consumer optimism up sharply, though not so much as after the 1953-54 recession. More secure in their personal income, consumers are now planning stepped-up purchases, particularly in housing and household goods. Department-store sales, already equal to 1957, reflected this. While rising prices on new cars brought some sales resistance, consumers were swinging to the buy side on both new and used cars...