Word: upper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Minister Amer. an earnest, soft-spoken farmer boy from the Upper Nile, is the No. 2 man of Egypt's revolutionary regime, the closest confidant of Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the leader who would assume command of the allied armies of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen should war break out with Israel...
...features from birth control to Stalin's crimes (to compete with Paris-Presse), three pages of financial news (to offset Le Monde). Right from the start, the new paper's circulation topped that of Le Figaro (circ. 475,000), the morning bible of France's upper middle class. Whatever its own future, Le Temps' spectacular start put the whole Paris press on its mettle...
...years ago West Berlin sent out invitations to the world's architects, asking them for low-cost plans to rebuild Berlin's bombed-out Hansaviertel, an upper-class district bordering the Tiergarten. By last week West Berlin housing authorities had put their stamp of approval on 56 plans, already had six under construction. The new apartment city promises to become one of the world's most handsome showcases of what's new in modern low-cost architecture. Pick of the new buildings: ¶ From France, Le Corbusier, designer of Marseille's Radiant City (TIME...
During a blizzard that blanketed Upper Darby, Pa. last month, Appliance Dealer Mort Farr bought TV time to advertise an air-conditioner sale. Reported Farr: "It was the best sale I ever had." Last week, though the weather was milder, air-conditioner sales were setting new records throughout the U.S. Sales of room coolers alone were up 100% over last year's first quarter. The selling period for conditioners, once as brief as the Bikini season, is now being extended throughout the year as more and more consumers think of airconditioning, with its filtered air, as a year-round...
Specific changes in Placement Office procedure, involving the amount and type of information made available to prospective employees; the sponsoring of a series of faculty-student coffe hours and strengthening the upper class Ames Club Supervisory system and increasing the supervisors' functions also were passed...