Word: terme
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year, teaching comparative physiology to help make ends meet. Then he managed to get away to Europe--"I was sick of Cornell and of American universities in general." Hillman spent a year at Glasgow University and two summers travelling before he returned to Cornell. It was only a term before he left again, this time permanently...
...grade, but the desire to prove one's thoughts to a man one respects. To be caught up unprepared in an individual tutorial makes one feel like a fool, and avoiding this is a greater motivation than the possibility of an honors grade at the end of the term...
...right for the college student to remain in a green book bag during the school term, but as Christmas vacation nears, it's time to see how the other half of the world dresses...
...near completeness of Ike's immediate recovery was evident in his activities, including his trip to church and his motor journey to Gettysburg. The long-term outlook is less clear. After one stroke there is always danger of recurrences. That danger is greatest in the first year. If Ike can go twelve months without a second stroke, it will give added reason for hope that he can serve out his term with faculties unimpaired...
...manufacturing corporations were able to finance most of their expansion by retained earnings, had a relatively small debt to worry about. But today so many companies are expanding that even though industry retained earnings of $6.8 billion last year, it had to borrow another $9 billion. Result: long-term corporate debt reached $97.3 billion last year v. only $46.1 billion in 1947. Ten years ago, interest charges amounted to only $2.5 billion, or 10% of gross returns to capital. This year the charges will hit $10 billion and 20% of gross returns. Since 1947, U.S. Steel has tripled its interest...