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Still, Whitla said, the upturn in students participating in House tutorials is contributing to "the generally more positive feelings towards the Houses...
William F. Boardman, University development officer, attributed the $6.6 million increase above last year's totals to a combination of an upturn in the economy and increased development of office fund-raising efforts...
...brisk upward march of the economy from the nation's worst postwar recession, the relatively free-spending consumer has so far led the way. In marked contrast, spending by businessmen for new plant and equipment, which is critical to sustaining the business upturn, has been notably laggard. True, corporate capital spending is at last increasing, and most experts believe that it will reach satisfactory levels late this year. But others are worried that the outlays are coming too late, and that as the economy speeds up, industrial capacity will run into production bottlenecks and shortages that will kick...
...baleful aspects of the industrial world's quickening economic upturn is the possibility of a resurgence of global inflation. That worry dominated the recent conference of President Ford and heads of government of six other industrial nations in Puerto Rico (TIME, July 12). One reason for their concern: an ominous new rise in the prices of industrial and agricultural raw materials, which, among other things, is making the morning cup of coffee an inflationary drink...
Some signs of a leveling off in the rocketing rise in demand are now beginning to appear, but many experts expect the buying pace to remain brisk and salutary in the months ahead. A temporary easing of the sales upturn sometime soon would scarcely be unexpected. Says Paul J. Markowski, chief economist of Argus Research Corp.: "Consumers are merely pausing to reassess the situation. We had a big rush of spending in March, so a slowdown is not surprising...